Fort Bragg

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Fort Bragg is a military installation of the United States Army in North Carolina, and is one of the largest military installations in the world, with around 57,000 military personnel.[1] Fort Bragg is located just west of Fayetteville, North Carolina.The fort is named for Confederate General Braxton Bragg. It covers over 251 square miles in four counties.[2]

The Congressional Research Service took up the question of whether it was appropriate to keep Bragg’s and other former Confederate generals’ names on modern-day Army installations in 2017, 10 days after a woman was killed in Charlottesville, Va., during a protest over a monument to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.[3]

  1. Ioanes, Ellen; Choi, David (June 9, 2020). "The US Army is now open to renaming its military bases — here are 10 of them that still reference Confederate leaders". Business Insider.
  2. Fort Bragg Army Base Guide. Retrieved Jan 18, 2021
  3. Quillin, Martha. How NC Army base came to be named for Bragg. And why a scholar says it’s time to change. June 12, 2020. newsobserver.com. Retrieved Jan 18, 2021