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Trump ally Hillsdale College pitches 1619 Project counterweight
The curriculum marks another turn in the national debate over teachings that focus on racism's role in America's past and present.
The 1889 painting by Ramon de Elorriaga entitled "The Inauguration of George Washington" is seen at New York's Federal Hall. | (Mark Lennihan/AP Photo)
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A small Christian college with deep ties to the Trump administration released a "1776 curriculum" on Wednesday, the latest push to continue former President Donald Trump’s mission to create a “patriotic education.”
The nearly 2,400 pages of curriculum
from Hillsdale College in Michigan includes lessons on the founding of the U.S., the Civil War and the American government. The college has long been in favor of a civics education that focuses on America's strength rather than its ills and supported curriculum that is less critical of the U.S.