Americans trust museums even more than history books and history professors as reliable sources of information. But is that trust warranted? Some museums are now telling a grossly distorted version of American history. This is a deliberate extension of the long march through America’s institutions. The capture of our historic sites has been the concerted effort of interconnected organizations with considerable resources and part of the downstream impact of our biased higher education system.
Kentucky is the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, but Washington, D.C. is home to the Lincoln Cottage. It was there that he wrote the final draft of the Emancipation Proclamation. As president, Lincoln spent several summers in the house, which today is open to the public for tours.
Jermall Wright might not have expected to reach celebrity status as an educator, but he has a hard time going anywhere in Little Rock without being recognized as the Little Rock School District s superintendent.