President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing federal agencies to restore U.S. monuments taken down during President Joe Biden’s term and to remove “anti-American ideology” from national museums, parks, and memorials.
The order, titled Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History, instructs the interior secretary to reinstate historical markers and statues taken down after January 1, 2020.
“Over the past decade, Americans have witnessed a concerted and widespread effort to rewrite our Nation’s history … reconstructed as inherently racist, sexist, oppressive, or otherwise irredeemably flawed,” the order reads. “It is the policy of my Administration to restore Federal sites dedicated to history, including parks and museums, to solemn and uplifting public monuments that remind Americans of our extraordinary heritage, consistent progress toward becoming a more perfect Union.”
From The Daily Caller:
Among the memorials likely to be reinstated is the Confederate Reconciliation Monument at Arlington National Cemetery, which was dismantled in 2023 under the Biden administration. The statue became a flashpoint in recent years as activists accused it of glorifying the Confederacy. The memorial was ultimately removed after recommendations by a congressionally mandated Naming Commission, which was established in the wake of nationwide riots and widespread vandalism following the death of George Floyd in 2020 — a movement that spurred the toppling or defacing of dozens of historical monuments across the country.
The order applies to other federally controlled properties, including Civil War battlefields, presidential sites and National Park Service locations.
“Museums in our Nation’s capital should be places where individuals go to learn — not to be subjected to divisive narratives,” the order reads.
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