The Smithsonian's Sacred Honor Under Siege The recent executive order from the White House directing the Department of Interior to post warnings outside the Smithsonian National Museum of American History about exhibits deemed "inaccurate" by the Trump administration is a brazen attempt to politicize one of America's most treasured institutions.
At its core, this move is an attack on the museum's leadership and programming, as well as a threat to the principles of historical accuracy and academic freedom.
The order, titled "Restoring Trust in the Smithsonian Institution," accuses museum leadership of not doing enough to celebrate America's founders on the country's 250th anniversary of independence.