Ft. Bragg is no more, renamed Fort Liberty (1 Viewer)

[SystemShock]

North Carolina's Fort Bragg drops Confederate namesake, renamed Fort Liberty

While the previously renamed bases were chosen to honor past soldiers or Army families, Fort Liberty was named after no one person.

abcnews.go.com

Will the military be boycotted next?

 

[Optimus Prime]

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis pledged to restore the name of a military fort to the name of a Confederate general in North Carolina if he is elected president.

The 2024 candidate for the Republican nomination for president made the remarks at the North Carolina Republican Party convention on Friday evening.

“I also look forward to, as President, restoring the name of Fort Bragg to our great military base in Fayetteville, North Carolina,” he said during the Old North State Dinner in Greensboro. “It's an iconic name and iconic base, and we're not gonna let political correctness run amok.”…….

DeSantis pledges to restore name of Confederate general Braxton Bragg to Fort Liberty

‘It’s an iconic name and iconic base’

www.independent.co.uk

 

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis pledged to restore the name of a military fort to the name of a Confederate general in North Carolina if he is elected president.

The 2024 candidate for the Republican nomination for president made the remarks at the North Carolina Republican Party convention on Friday evening.

“I also look forward to, as President, restoring the name of Fort Bragg to our great military base in Fayetteville, North Carolina,” he said during the Old North State Dinner in Greensboro. “It's an iconic name and iconic base, and we're not gonna let political correctness run amok.”…….

DeSantis pledges to restore name of Confederate general Braxton Bragg to Fort Liberty

‘It’s an iconic name and iconic base’

www.independent.co.uk

I can hear the attack ads now:

"Ron DeSantis vows to rename Fort Liberty. Why don't you like liberty, Mr. DeSantis? What are you hiding? Why are you against freedom and the military?"