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Frederick Douglass's 1852 Fourth of July speech highlighted the hypocrisy of celebrating independence while slavery still ...

Usually, we like to look forward in this newsletter, but the events of the last 48 or so hours really require us to look back ...

The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History has embraced "extreme political activism" rather than ...

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History deliberately minimizes the Founding Fathers, and "problematize" the ...

The White House released a scathing report accusing the Smithsonian of engaging in "extreme political activism" and ...

America will mark its 250th anniversary with a packed schedule of celebrations culminating in the "largest fireworks display ...

We fact-checked the president’s colorful — and inaccurate — accounts of American history from the Battle of Gettysburg to the ...