During a speech delivered Tuesday at Fort Bragg, President Trump announced that he intends to reinstate the original names of seven military installations that once honored figures from the Confederacy, including Fort Robert E. Lee.
“For a little breaking news, we are also going to be restoring the names to Fort Pickett, Fort Hood, Fort Gordon, Fort Rucker, Fort Polk, Fort AP Hill and Fort Robert E Lee,” Trump declared during his remarks commemorating the 250th anniversary of the United States Army.
“We won a lot of battles out of those forts. It’s no time to change. And I’m superstitious, you know, I like to keep it going, right? I’m very superstitious.”
“We want to keep it going. So that’s a big story.”
Trump delivered the announcement at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, a base that itself underwent a name change recently. Earlier this year, the Army opted to revert the name to Bragg—not in honor of the Confederate general Braxton Bragg, but instead to recognize World War II hero and Silver Star recipient Roland Bragg.
The renaming of the Confederate-linked bases was carried out under Joe Biden’s administration in 2023. Fort Bragg had been renamed Fort Liberty during that initiative, part of a broader effort to move away from honoring Confederate military leaders.
{Matzav.com}