California city named for Confederate general declines to change name

On this July 10, 2002, photograph, an aerial view of the Georgia Pacific timber mill is seen within the foreground, in Fort Bragg, Calif. The rugged Northern California coastal metropolis named for a Accomplice basic has determined to not change its title. The town in Mendocino County, inhabitants 7,000, is known as for Accomplice Gen. Braxton Bragg, who's accused of maintaining greater than 100 slaves. A fee concluded that they may not come to a consensus about whether or not the title ought to change or not.

Marcio Jose Sanchez, Related Press

Officers in a northern California coastal city have been debating whether or not they need to rename the city for greater than a 12 months.

• The fee analyzing the problem mentioned that for now, the title Fort Bragg is right here to remain, in response to The Guardian.

Accomplice Gen. Braxton Bragg, who the town is known as after, was accused of maintaining greater than 100 slaves.

• In accordance with NBC Information Bay Space, the town was based in 1857, earlier than the Civil Struggle. Horatio G. Gibson established a army put up to maintain management of the Mendocino Indian Reservation and named it for Bragg, his former commanding officer.

In 2020, after the homicide of George Floyd, the town of Fort Bragg requested voters whether or not to maintain the title or not.

After greater than 60 hours of conferences, an off-the-cuff survey of the 7,000 residents and debates throughout metropolis council conferences, the citizen group didn't situation a choice in regards to the title, stating that they have been unable to achieve a consensus, though 60% of individuals supported the change, per the report.

• “As a fee, we got here to the conclusion that, presently, as a result of the residents are so divided, this fee can not unanimously advocate a easy ‘sure’ or ‘no,’” Cesar Yanez, a commissioner, advised the town council on Monday.
• The group did situation an inventory of suggestions, which included supporting the creation of a cultural middle within the metropolis to honor the Indian heritage and forming a committee devoted to working with tribes and faculties to inform a extra full historical past.

In accordance with Stars and Stripes, Fort Bragg in North Carolina is anticipated to be recognized as needing a reputation change by a fee arrange by Congress. The fee is analyzing Accomplice-related names throughout the army.