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Trump pledges to rename Army base after Confederate general
Politico ^ | 10-4-24 | Sentner

Posted on 10/05/2024 3:26:09 PM PDT by wardaddy

Donald Trump says that North Carolina’s Fort Liberty would once again become Fort Bragg if he’s reelected — less than two years after the base was renamed to remove the name of a Confederate general as part of efforts to reckon with the legacy of racism.

Trump, who opposed the change as president, pledged to restore Fort Bragg’s name during a town hall Friday in the nearby city of Fayetteville, home to many troops and veterans.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: fortbragg
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1 posted on 10/05/2024 3:26:09 PM PDT by wardaddy
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To: wardaddy

Excellent. That should trigger all the right people.


2 posted on 10/05/2024 3:29:23 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: wardaddy
About time. According to Northerners, everyone south of the Mason-Dixon line is racist.

3 posted on 10/05/2024 3:29:31 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. -- Psalm 106)
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To: wardaddy

I’d prefer they pick a more worthy Confederate general.


4 posted on 10/05/2024 3:30:43 PM PDT by hardspunned (Look for the“Putin Stooge” libel, news from Ukraine you’ve gradually grown to trust over 30 months )
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To: wardaddy

Excellent...Always thought these name games were just so wrong...because millions of soldiers papers say “Fort Bragg”.


5 posted on 10/05/2024 3:30:44 PM PDT by Sacajaweau (mY)
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To: wardaddy

The US Army have campaign medals for those that served in a war. The Civil War Campaign medal has a ribbon that the half blue and half grey. All those that served in that war were Americans.


6 posted on 10/05/2024 3:31:04 PM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (My opinions are the rusult of 80 years of life, you may not like them but who cares.)
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To: wardaddy

A lot of good men have passed through Fort Bragg, and “Fort Liberty” is especially lame, of course the American people accepted President Clinton taking the black beret from the Rangers.


7 posted on 10/05/2024 3:32:32 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: hardspunned

Don’t worry about it. What matters is all the men who went through there and went to Vietnam and lost their life. It’s a slap in the face to every man who trained at Fort Bragg. That’s why we keep the name, not because you’re a fan of General Bragg.


8 posted on 10/05/2024 3:33:28 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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To: CIB-173RDABN

According to the department of defense and VA, every single man who served in the confederate army is an American veteran. That is by US law.


9 posted on 10/05/2024 3:34:17 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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To: CIB-173RDABN

“Army National Guard units that previously traced their lineage to the Confederate Army were stripped of their Civil War battle streamers in 2023.[7] The descendant units remain in service, but the Army National Guard no longer recognizes the lineage nor authorizes the streamers for campaigns against the U.S. Armed Forces.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_War_Campaign_Medal

Unbelievable!


10 posted on 10/05/2024 3:34:32 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: ansel12

The beret thing never made sense to me.


11 posted on 10/05/2024 3:35:33 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: Mr. Mojo

These name changes and monument destruction is the democrats attempt to erase American history. Which is necessary to further their one world order.


12 posted on 10/05/2024 3:39:16 PM PDT by Ronald77
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To: hardspunned

Hard to argue with that lol

Fort Bloody Bill has a nice ring !


13 posted on 10/05/2024 3:39:41 PM PDT by wardaddy (Hiro Sanada as Lord Toranaga in Shogun is spellbinding . I highly recommend watching it)
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To: wardaddy
"less than two years after the base was renamed to pretend that silly leftist low IQ fixes would work if they removed the name of a Confederate general as part of efforts to reckon with the legacy of racism the left's knowledge that Democrats were the party of the Klan."
14 posted on 10/05/2024 3:40:16 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: wardaddy

THANK YOU, JESUS AND DONALD TRUMP!

F THOSE POS.


15 posted on 10/05/2024 3:41:46 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: wardaddy

And while he’s at it return the Reconciliation Monument to Arlington and return the JC Calhoun statute back to Marion Square in Charleston.


16 posted on 10/05/2024 3:41:54 PM PDT by HockeyPop
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To: hardspunned
"I’d prefer they pick a more worthy Confederate general."

Perhaps the Nathan Bedford Forrest Academy of Equestrian Arts?

17 posted on 10/05/2024 3:42:57 PM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: DesertRhino

And their families got pensions in some cases from states that didn’t secede

I think

Maryland
Delaware (hey Joe)
West Virginia
Missouri
Oklahoma…,yes I know but it was largely settled by south rims


18 posted on 10/05/2024 3:45:48 PM PDT by wardaddy (Hiro Sanada as Lord Toranaga in Shogun is spellbinding . I highly recommend watching it)
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To: wardaddy

One of the first things that the communist did when Obama 3.0 kicked off was to erase our history. Communism sucks.


19 posted on 10/05/2024 3:46:38 PM PDT by jdt1138 (Where ever you go, there you are.)
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To: billorites
Works for me!

20 posted on 10/05/2024 3:46:47 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. -- Psalm 106)
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