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Interior Department Removed Junior Ranger Booklet From Robert E. Lee’s Home in Arlington For Violating President’s Executive Order

As I had reported back in March, the Interior Department was considering removing the Junior Ranger Program booklet at Arlington House, where Robert E. Lee…

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Free Program for Adults and Kids at Fort Stevens in Washington, D.C. on July 11, 2026

Next weekend if you live near Washington, D.C. you may want to go to Fort Stevens to join in the commemoration of that battle. There…

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The Lincoln Memorial Undercroft Museum Is Now Open Focusing on the Monument and Lincoln

If you can avoid the green Reflecting Pool, try to make your way to the Lincoln Memorial. I have visited the Memorial several dozens of…

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Appeals Court Says Interior Department May Resume Taking Down Slavery Info at President’s House Philadelphia

In a major win for the Trump Administration, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals lifted an order from a Federal District Court halting the removal…

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National Park Service Says It Removed At Least 51 Exhibits From 38 Parks In Accord With President’s Executive Order

According to the news service Reuters, the National Park Service has removed 51 exhibits from 38 sites across the United States. The list was compiled…

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Judge Orders National Park Service to Stop Removing Signs Judged Too “Woke”

Federal District Court Judge Angel Kelley of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts has ordered the National Park Service (NPS) to stop…

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Actual Comments Submitted in Response to Executive Order Going After “Woke” National Park Exhibits

Last week the Sierra Club released the list of comments from visitors to the National Parks to identify so-called “Wokeness” in Exhibits and presentations. The…

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Civilian Reports on National Park “Wokeness” Are Released

Right after Donald Trump was sworn in as president, he issued one of his first Executive Orders commanding the the National Park System restore “sanity”…

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Bunker Hill Monuments Set to Lose Quotes From the Civil War and Reconstruction Era

The National Park Service exhibition at the Bunker Hill Monument is undergoing changes in response to President Trump’s 2025 Executive Order “Restoring Sanity” in the…

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Sample Comment on the Triumphal Arch at Arlington National Cemetery

In yesterday’s post I discussed the need for you to submit comments on the proposed Triumphal Arch across from the Lincoln Memorial. Several people asked…

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