Editorial: Here's why Gov. DeSantis is wrong. Fort Bragg needed a new name
Braxton Bragg was a slave-owning racist and failed military leader, sometimes described as the worst general of the Civil War. The question should be, why would anyone name a military base after him in the first place? Nevertheless, Gov. Ron DeSantis is defending him. The governor is upset that the U.S. military changed the name of North Carolina’s Fort Bragg to Fort Liberty earlier this ...