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With its executive order targeting the Smithsonian, the Trump administration opens up a new front in the history wars

  • Written by Jennifer Tucker, Professor of History, Wesleyan University
With its executive order targeting the Smithsonian, the Trump administration opens up a new front in the history warsA portrait of President Donald Trump in the 'America’s Presidents' exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery.Win McNamee/Getty Images

I teach history in Connecticut, but I grew up in Oklahoma and Kansas, where my interest in the subject was sparked by visits to local museums.

I fondly remember trips to the Fellow-Ree...

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