by Chris Walker | Sep 17, 2026 | Arlington National Cemetery, Confederate Monuments, News, Pete Hegseth, Racism, revisionist history
The Trump administration has removed language critical of slavery from the site where a Confederate memorial once stood in Arlington National Cemetery. The Confederate statue was taken down after Congress voted to remove it from the grounds in 2023. Upon the statue’s removal, a plaque was installed at the site putting the former monument into context, noting its revisionist history and its…
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by Chris Walker | Jul 28, 2026 | American history, Donald Trump, National Museum of American History, News, revisionist history, Smithsonian Institution, Trump executive orders
President Donald Trump issued an executive order this past weekend demanding new signage outside the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History (NMAH), due to what his administration has alleged are displays that demonstrate an unpatriotic view of the past. The signs will “warn” visitors about a supposed “ideological capture” of the NMAH. They also claim that the museum’s…
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