Posted on 07/14/2026 3:40:07 PM PDT by Twotone
Warning! If you plan on visiting the nation’s capital this summer, skip the American History Museum. According to a new report by the Domestic Policy Council, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History has failed in its fundamental mission — to instill in visitors a deeper respect for the American story.
Below are the five most disturbing things about the Smithsonian’s American History Museum, according to the report. 1. Villainizing Our Founding and Founding Fathers
If you’re going to the museum to learn about history, best go elsewhere. Sorely lacking are exhibits dedicated to the Pilgrims or Puritans, or to major events in the Revolutionary War, such as Washington’s crossing, the Continental Congress, or the Constitutional Convention. This follows the museum administration’s stated goal to “transform the national historical narrative” away from America’s Founding and Founders. In this, they succeeded. The museum is nearly devoid of … well, American history.
With 200,000 square feet of exhibition space, it is unforgivable that the museum dedicated to American history so fully neglects to give the American Founding the time and space it deserves. Instead, it vilifies America’s founding stories, calling the Pilgrims colonizers, reframing Thanksgiving as a “National Day of Mourning,” and embracing 1619 as our true founding instead of 1776.
The museum refuses to tell the patriotic narrative of American history. According to the report, there were no planned displays dedicated to George Washington or Thomas Jefferson for America’s 250th anniversary. Both Washington and Jefferson were given a cursory mention in one display, but it only noted that both were presidents and that they have been used to “instill patriotic values.” Washington’s pivotal role in the American Revolution, both Continental Congresses, the Constitutional Convention, or his presidency are absent.
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The White House says it found these bizarre items at the Smithsonian’s Museum of American History:
https://rumble.com/v7cl45i-the-white-house-says-it-found-these-bizarre-items-at-the-smithsonian.html
Close the exhibit. We are better off without it.
I guess Jefferson Davis’ role in creating the Smithsonian is minimized.
Air Force heritage groups raised enough hell to where the exhibit was modified to represent a more balanced perspective.
Time to bring this kind of pressure again related to American heritage, not modern revisionism.
Bring back the “I Dream of Jeannie” guidelines - no belly button showing.
> to instill in visitors a deeper respect for the American story <
The key word there is “respect”. The United States is unavoidably a diverse country. It makes sense to do all we can to hold this Union together. Emphasis our shared values.
No so, say the leftists. They pick apart every scab. They highlight only perceived injustices. Then they will act all surprised when the country falls apart.
Or perhaps not. That might be their goal all along.
My post six was intended for a different article. Please excuse.
“I guess Jefferson Davis’ role in creating the Smithsonian is minimized.”
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That’s what happens when you’re a traitor to the USA. Davis should have been hanged, along with his cabinet and all of the CSA senior military leaders.
Ironically, it kinda made sense.
Bkmk
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Are you still irritated that Sec Of War Jefferson Davis had arms (lite & heavy) and gun powder shipped from norther forts to specific southern forts prior to the war stating?
Maybe we should hang deranged DU traitors like you.
I never visited the Smithsonian, but I did visit the Franklin Museum in Philadelphia when I was a kid. I was amazed.
You are a noisy crank and a disgrace to Bob Willis.
Amen. Only those honorable men kept the war from continuing as a multi-year, vicious guerilla campaign.
Modern revisionists are disgusting.
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