President Donald Trump’s executive order directs Vice President JD Vance to work with Congress to remove “remove improper ideology” from Smithsonian Institution museums. These efforts, the

In the end, a group led by congressman and former president John Quincy Adams ensured Smithson’s vision was realized. Adams felt that the country was failing to live up to its early promise. He thought a national museum was an important way to burnish the ideals of the young republic and educate the public.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order designed to “eliminate improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology” from the Smithsonian Institution, the world’s largest