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"Parks And Museums Emerge As New Culture War Battlegrounds" [1]

"U.S. parks and museums are becoming the latest battleground in the nation’s culture wars as President Trump seeks changes to the way national parks and the Smithsonian tell the story of America.

The Trump administration has targeted exhibitions and programs that touch on everything from slavery and the Civil Rights Movement to transgender rights and disabilities issues.

Trump last week in a social media post said that museums in particular were “woke.” 

“The Museums throughout Washington, but all over the Country are, essentially, the last remaining segment of ‘WOKE,’” he wrote on Truth Social. “The Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL, where everything discussed is how horrible our Country is, how bad Slavery was, and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been — Nothing about Success, nothing about Brightness, nothing about the Future.”"

Rachel Frazin reports for The Hill August 27, 2025. [2]

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Source: The Hill [2], 08/28/2025
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