Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The Smithsonian has been holding the true American story hostage.

By hijacking this once-great institution, museum leadership traded the redemptive story of liberty and freedom for a distorted narrative of systemic oppression.

Read the White House report here: whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/07/saving-americas-story

Mike Gonzalez is the Angeles T. Arredondo E Pluribus Unum Senior Fellow at The Heritage Foundation.

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