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AZProgressive

(29,606 posts)
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 11:26 AM Thursday

Removing documents and restoring monuments won't change America's history

The Trump administration is implementing an executive order that includes removing certain historical documents, portraits and monuments from national museums and federal properties while replacing or restoring others in public spaces.

In March, President Donald Trump signed an executive order under the guise of “restoring truth and sanity to American history by revitalizing key cultural institutions and reversing the spread of divisive ideology.”

In fact, the very opposite is true.

Instead, the executive order is an attempt to erase the factual experiences, treatment and contributions of Blacks, women and others by removing documents and other evidence from the nation’s museums and institutions.

https://azmirror.com/2025/06/19/removing-documents-and-restoring-monuments-wont-change-americas-history/

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Removing documents and restoring monuments won't change America's history (Original Post) AZProgressive Thursday OP
Their end game JustAnotherGen Thursday #1
MAGA post-woke revanchism. sop Thursday #2
The problem is ftre generations will not know the true history. sinkingfeeling Thursday #3

JustAnotherGen

(35,392 posts)
1. Their end game
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 11:31 AM
Thursday

Is to remove us entirely. It wont' be 'remigration'. It will be ethnic and racial cleansing.

We saw the Hutus and Nazis do this effectively.

sop

(14,792 posts)
2. MAGA post-woke revanchism.
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 11:55 AM
Thursday

Making America great again...one institution, one monument and one historical document at a time.

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