{"id":1942,"date":"2026-07-08T22:45:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T17:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=1942"},"modified":"2026-07-08T22:45:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T17:45:44","slug":"letter-to-the-editor-smithsonians-disappointing-left-turn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=1942","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the editor: Smithsonian\u2019s disappointing left turn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/twt-thumbs.washtimes.com\/media\/image\/2023\/08\/11\/080823-twt-promo-editor-900x542_s900x542.jpeg?c0c047c263be1cb79d987d8cb70e60b4836e6ba6\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-category\"><strong>OPINION:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a> says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/smithsonian\/\">Smithsonian<\/a> pushes leftist ideology, cannot be trusted to tell America\u2019s story\u201d (Web, July 6) was a bit of a shock.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a> report, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/smithsonian\/\">Smithsonian\u2019s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/national-museum-of-american-history\/\">National Museum of American History<\/a> \u201cpurposely presents America as a problematic country irredeemably conceived, founded by deeply flawed men and still operating today as an instrument of systemic racism and oppression.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It seems the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/smithsonian\/\">Smithsonian<\/a> and our public education system have failed to educate the public.<\/p>\n<p>If we are so racist, how have people of color been elected as president and vice president of this country? What accounts for minority successes in all walks of life?<\/p>\n<p>A bigger problem would seem to be our education system. A recent Cato Institute survey of adults indicated that 46% of those surveyed didn\u2019t know why we celebrate the 4th of July.<\/p>\n<p>I remember first visiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/national-museum-of-american-history\/\">National Museum of American History<\/a> as a child in the 1950s. It brought American history to life in a very positive way, with inspiring exhibits that gave me a better understanding of our nation\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>It has been a few years since my last visit, but based on the article about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a> report, I certainly don\u2019t find the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/smithsonian\/\">Smithsonian<\/a> presentations inviting. It breaks my heart to think many young people visiting the museum these days will probably not be inspired as I was to love and appreciate this country, blessed by God.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>DANIEL P. MCKIM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>                        <a name=\"pagebreak\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Springfield, Virginia<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OPINION: \u201cWhite House says Smithsonian pushes leftist ideology, cannot be trusted to tell America\u2019s story\u201d (Web, July 6) was a bit of a shock. According to a White House report, the Smithsonian\u2019s National Museum of American History \u201cpurposely presents America as a problematic country irredeemably conceived, founded by deeply flawed men and still operating today&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/twt-thumbs.washtimes.com\/media\/image\/2023\/08\/11\/080823-twt-promo-editor-900x542_c0-8-900-533_s1200x700.jpeg?6c7ae6d0d431bca000e8f19777d5764712e38326","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-hub"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}