Sujet : Re: Job Offer
De : am (at) *nospam* yellowjersey.org (AMuzi)
Groupes : rec.bicycles.techDate : 24. Mar 2025, 13:41:32
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On 3/23/2025 10:38 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 3/23/2025 10:36 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
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When it was changed back to Fort Bragg, it was not to honor
Confederate general Braxton Bragg. Instead, it was renamed in honor
of World War II paratrooper Roland L. Bragg.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bragg#Name_changes>
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_L._Bragg>
"... the change to Fort Liberty was calculated to cost the Department
of Defense $6,374,230, making it the most expensive name change."
I couldn't find a price tag for the cost of changing it back.
I'd bet they searched for a long time to find a Bragg to stand in for Braxton, in a "yeah, right" manner.
Arguments could be made of any but Liberty is not just anodyne, it's a duplicate:
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/camp-victory-n.htm-- Andrew Muziam@yellowjersey.orgOpen every day since 1 April, 1971
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