Lonnie Bunch will leave the Smithsonian at year’s end after sustained White House scrutiny over how the institution presents American history to the public. Bunch, the Smithsonian Institution’s secretary since 2019, announced his departure with “very mixed emotions and heartfelt gratitude,” The Associated Press reported. The Smithsonian said he will leave at the end of […] The post Lonnie Bunch to retire as Smithsonian chief after Trump history dispute appeared first on American Almanac .
Lonnie Bunch will leave the Smithsonian at year’s end after sustained White House scrutiny over how the institution presents American history to the public. Bunch, the Smithsonian Institution’s secretary since 2019, announced his departure with “very mixed emotions and heartfelt gratitude,” The Associated Press reported . The Smithsonian said he will leave at the end of 2026. His retirement follows a widening dispute between President Donald Trump’s administration and Smithsonian leaders over museum exhibits, educational materials and the telling of American history. The clash has centered heavily on the National Museum of American History in Washington. Bunch did not give a specific reason for leaving. That distinction…Open
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As the United States celebrates its birthday, no less its quarter-millennium mark, I am driven...
As the United States celebrates its birthday, no less its quarter-millennium mark, I am driven to consider what this nation means from my perspective. And that perspective is shaped by the forces that shaped who I am: my Judaism, the journey of my mother from communist Czechoslovakia, and the mundane life of a young kid growing up in the suburbs of a blue-collar, East Coast American city. An American childhood The late 1960s, when I gained awareness of the society around me, was still a deeply patriotic world in the suburbs. Yes, we saw the images on TV of Vietnam, and we had our moments. I remember sitting on the porch of my parents’ home as a seven-year-old seeing the glow on the horizon as Baltimore burned in the 1968 riots.…Open
Americans are reminded that this country was never merely an economic zone or administrative state. This morning, beneath the towering marble monuments and windswept flags of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. the United States began something far larger than a mere political celebration. America commenced the solemn observance of its 250th birthday with a […] The post The Republic Returns to the Altar of Providence appeared first on StoneZone .
Americans are reminded that this country was never merely an economic zone or administrative state. This morning, beneath the towering marble monuments and windswept flags of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. the United States began something far larger than a mere political celebration. America commenced the solemn observance of its 250th birthday with a national act of prayer, gratitude, remembrance, and rededication to the principles that forged this nation from wilderness into world power. The event titled “Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise and Thanksgiving” is not simply another gathering in the capital city. It is an attempt to restore the spiritual architecture of the American experiment at a moment when…Open
