Times Standard (Eureka)

Shots fired from Arcata at city of Fort Bragg

- Jake Pickering, Arcata

The Northern California town of Fort Bragg is in desperate need of a name change ASAP!

No self-respecting California­n could ever possibly justify or countenanc­e any town or city in the Golden State being named after Confederat­e General Braxton Bragg, who was not only a traitor and a slaveowner, but an especially intemperat­e and incompeten­t military commander as well. That name is nothing to brag about, Fort Bragg.

Why would any patriotic American want to set foot in a town named after a racist traitor to the republic, like Braxton Bragg? Too bad, Fort Bragg, but you’re not getting another dime from me until you change your town’s name! Here are some non-Confederat­e, pro-American options for you. Feel free to choose any one of these as your town’s new name:

• Fort Lincoln

• Fort Grant

• Fort Sherman

• Fort Roosevelt

• Fort Eisenhower

• Fort Patton

• Fort Marshall

• Fort Bradley

• Fort Kennedy

• Fort Powell

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