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Process to rename Fort Bragg begins with public input
Veterans of Fort Bragg and the surrounding community will get a say in the renaming of the military base, Col. Scott Pence says.
Posted — UpdatedFORT BRAGG, N.C. — Veterans of Fort Bragg and the surrounding community will get a say in the renaming of the military base, Col. Scott Pence says.
Pence, commander of Fort Bragg, described in a podcast on Tuesday how the new name will be selected. In addition to working closely with an eight-member renaming panel selected by Congress to rename Fort Bragg and nine other bases, Pence will be seeking input from the public.
More information on how to participate in the renaming will be posted on the 82nd Airborne Facebook page in the coming days. People can also go to thenamingcommission.gov to submit suggestions.
Fort Bragg is one of the 10 military bases in the country that will be renamed. The other bases include:
- Camp Beauregard, La.
- Fort Benning, Ga.
- Fort Gordon, Ga.
- Fort Hood, Texas
- Fort A.P. Hill, Va.
- Fort Lee, Va.
- Fort Pickett, Va.
- Fort Polk, La.
- Fort Rucker, Ala.
The change will come in the next few years, officials say.
Fort Bragg is named for Gen. Braxton Bragg, who served in the Confederate army and owned a plantation where people were enslaved.
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