Tag: donald trump
Congress Considering Hegseth’s Renaming of Army Bases After Confederates
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s controversial renaming of military bases after Confederate leaders is under scrutiny by representatives in Congress. Here are some excerpts from…
Lincoln Heritage Museum in Springfield Responds to Trump’s Call for End to “Woke” Coverage in History Museums
President Trump issued a Truth Social post on Tuesday attacking the Smithsonian and many other history museums as bastions of “wokeness.” Here is what the…
Historian David Blight On the Threat To History
David Blight is one of the most respected academic historians in the United States. A professor at Yale, he has written seven books, including the…
National Park Service Reviewing Books Sold at Bookstores for UnAmerican Content
As I discussed earlier, the National Park Service (NPS) has been ordered by the Interior Department to eliminate what reporters call “Unamerican” content in signs…
NY Times Reports on Historical Plaques Under Review for Removal at National Park Sites
This article on the potential removal of historical and other signage at the National Parks appeared in todays New York Times. Here are substantial excerpts:…
Adminstration Cracking Down on UnAmerican National Park Service Gift Shops
Yesterday I saw that there si a crackdown on UnAmerican gifts shops when I was reading Kevin Levin’s Substack..The Interior Department is following President Trump’s…
Call Your Senator Today to Try to Save the National Park Service from a 37% Cut in Funding
The Trump administration has proposed a 37% cut in funding for the National Park Service (NPS). This would be a cut of more $1.2 Billion…
Trump to Rename Military Bases Whose Names Were Stripped Because They Were Names After Confederates
A little over four years ago, military bases named after Confederate officers were required by law to drop those names. In December 2020 the Senate…
DOGE Stops Funding of Whitney Plantation Which Tells the Story of Enslaved Blacks
The Whitney Plantation in Wallace, Louisiana was founded in 1752. It contained dozens of enslaved African Americans until the Civil War broke out. In 2014…
Federal Government Stops Funding “National History Day” Just Nine Weeks Before It Is To Take Place
The president has stopped funding for National History Day just nine weeks before the event takes place. National History Day had already gotten contracts for…