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Whitewashing History

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On January 23, 2026
The Trump administraiton is making sure that you can't learn about slavery: National Park Service staff on Thursday took down an exhibit on slavery at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, which had been targeted last year by President Donald Trump in an executive order on “restoring...

Alamo Lies

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On November 22, 2025

Texas Republicans are making sure that their lies about the Alamo remain Pravda in Texas, the only state to commit treason in defense of slavery twice. Months before top Republicans.

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Censoring Our History

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On July 31, 2025
We might not be able to do much about what is going on right now in America, but we can at least document it. Here's a good essay on the censorship of the Park Service employee sign at Muir Woods National Monument that became the...
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Remembering Triangle

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On March 31, 2023
This is a good project: But, later this year, following years of concerted effort by the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition, a memorial to the victims and survivors of the fire will be installed on the building’s brick and terra-cotta facade.  The monument, designed by...
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The Joys of Public History

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On July 23, 2020
This story from Illinois says so much about how hard it is to do public history with integrity. Just months after authoring a critical report that raised further questions about the provenance of a multimillion dollar stovepipe hat purported to have been owned by President...
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