‘Fort Liberty’: Army More Than Half Done Scrubbing Confederate Names from Its Bases – By Sam Skove (Defense One) / June 1, 2023
The new name for Fort Bragg is a compromise between airborne and Special Forces, one source said.
The Army’s largest base will be officially renamed Fort Liberty on Friday following a once-politically controversial plan to ditch the Confederate Army namesakes of nine U.S. Army bases.
With the renaming of Fort Liberty, the effort is now just past its halfway mark, with three bases to go.
To date, Fort Hood has been renamed as Fort Cavazos, Fort Lee as Fort Gregg-Adams, Fort Rucker as Fort Novosel, Fort Pickett as Fort Barfoot, and Fort Benning as Fort Moore
Changes are coming to Fort A.P. Hill, which will be renamed as Fort Walker, Fort Gordon as Fort Eisenhower, and Fort Polk as Fort Johnson.
Some of the bases’ original namesakes were chosen to appeal to their surrounding populations, a Defense Department press release said.
