Overview

• At Fort Bragg’s 250th anniversary speech, President Trump declared that seven Army installations would revert to their Confederate-era names.
• These sites were renamed under a 2020 congressional law passed over Trump’s veto following nationwide calls to remove Confederate symbols.
• Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth earlier this year renamed Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg in honor of WWII paratrooper Roland L. Bragg instead of the Confederate general.
• Trump defended the decision by invoking superstition about battlefield success and arguing for the preservation of military legacy.
• Senator Jack Reed said the reversal undermines the spirit of the 2020 law aimed at removing Confederate symbols from U.S. installations.