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Since the museum has already explicitly stated Roosevelt had 'troubling views on race,' its condemnation is not merely of the monument, but of the man. As the woke mob continues its crusade, pillaging cities and purging history, the next victim of the “tear it all down” impulse is Theodore Roosevelt, or at least a statue of him. But if Teddy is so problematic he must be canceled, mustn’t we also cleanse all the artifacts connected to his legacy, including thousands of animals?The desecraters never intended to stop at Confederate monuments, of course, and now the sculpture honoring the 26th president...

Jack Arthur Johnson, 82, who joined the famous Tuskegee Airmen in the winter of 1941, died Nov. 4, after a 12-year-battle with prostate cancer. Mr. Johnson made his first solo flight at age 18 in 1938. During World War II, he was a flight instructor recruited to train men the basics of flying. His comrades recruited instructors from all over the country, and he was one of those selected to go to Tuskegee. The name Tuskegee Airmen was given to the first group of black men to become pilots, bombardiers, navigators and support personnel during World War II, at a...