Executive OrdersMarch 27, 2025By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:Section 1. Purpose and Policy. Over the past decade, Americans have witnessed a concerted and widespread effort to rewrite our Nation’s history, replacing objective facts with a distorted narrative driven by ideology rather than truth. This revisionist movement seeks to undermine the remarkable achievements of the United States by casting its founding principles and historical milestones in a negative light. Under this historical revision, our Nation’s unparalleled legacy of advancing liberty, individual rights, and human happiness is reconstructed as inherently racist, sexist, oppressive, or otherwise irredeemably flawed. Rather than fostering unity and a deeper understanding of our shared past, the widespread effort to rewrite history deepens societal divides and fosters a sense of national shame, disregarding the progress America has made and the ideals that continue to inspire millions around the globe.The prior administration advanced this corrosive ideology. At Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — where our Nation declared that all men are created equal — the prior administration sponsored training by an organization that advocates dismantling “Western foundations” and “interrogating institutional racism” and pressured National Historical Park rangers that their racial identity should dictate how they convey history to visiting Americans because America is purportedly racist.[...]Sec. 4. Restoring Truth in American History.(a) The Secretary of the Interior shall:(i) determine whether, since January 1, 2020, public monuments, memorials, statues, markers, or similar properties within the Department of the Interior’s jurisdiction have been removed or changed to perpetuate a false reconstruction of American history, inappropriately minimize the value of certain historical events or figures, or include any other improper partisan ideology;(ii) take action to reinstate the pre-existing monuments, memorials, statues, markers, or similar properties, as appropriate and consistent with 43 U.S.C. 1451 et seq., 54 U.S.C. 100101 et seq.,and other applicable law; and(iii) take action, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, to ensure that all public monuments, memorials, statues, markers, or similar properties within the Department of the Interior’s jurisdiction do not contain descriptions, depictions, or other content that inappropriately disparage Americans past or living (including persons living in colonial times), and instead focus on the greatness of the achievements and progress of the American people or, with respect to natural features, the beauty, abundance, and grandeur of the American landscape.
So I would guess that like all the other federal agencies anything about Black history, about women's rights, and anything about us will be erased!
The Smithsonian, tasked with telling the story of America, could see changes under Trump’s unprecedented executive order. What to know about how it operates.The Washington PostBy Kelsey AblesMarch 28, 2025The Smithsonian, a sprawling, 21-museum institution tasked with telling the story of the United States and much more, could see changes under President Donald Trump, who in a Thursday executive order set his sights on ridding the institution of ideas that he says “undermine the remarkable achievements of the United States.”[...]Trump’s unprecedented call to influence programming at an institution that has operated largely independently for its more than 175-year history raises questions about the fate of millions of items the country holds in what’s sometimes called “the nation’s attic.”But who runs and funds the Smithsonian and can Trump overhaul it like he is the federal government? Here’s what to know.
He sure thinks he can!
Is the Smithsonian a government agency?No, the Smithsonian is not a federal agency but a “trust instrumentality” of the United States, tasked with carrying out the responsibilities undertaken by Congress when it accepted Smithson’s donation. It’s overseen by the secretary, currently Lonnie G. Bunch III, who is appointed by the Board of Regents — made up of the chief justice, vice president, three members of the Senate, three members of the House and nine citizens.
I would imagine that one of the targets for Trump & Company is...
In another case in 2010, then Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough forced the removal of a film by David Wojnarowicz from a National Portrait Gallery exhibition focusing on LGBTQ artists. The film, produced in the 1980s during the height of the AIDS epidemic in the United States, briefly featured ants crawling on a crucifix and drew criticism from right-wing lawmakers.“My observation is that those are pretty rare circumstances,” said Redman, but he’s concerned about the language in Trump’s order, and the idea “that there should be one version of American history.
His version!
Well that is what fascists' leaders do? Control history. Hitler did it. Stalin did it. Mao Zedong of China did it, North Korea's Kim Jong Un is doing it, and now Trump!
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Oh... and those two old photos are of the Nazis burning the books at... the library of the Magnus Hirschfeld's Institute of Sexology,
On 6 May 1933, the Institute of Sexology, an academic foundation devoted to sexological research and the advocacy of homosexual rights, was broken into and occupied by Nazi-supporting youth. Several days later the entire contents of the library were removed and burned.
I will ask the question at the being again, "Where else have we seen this before"?
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