Historian James Millward sparked controversy at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery by distributing old wall text next to Donald Trump’s portrait, detailing his impeachments and the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Millward co-founded Citizen Historians for the Smithsonian to document changes made by the Trump administration to the content of museums, leading to a clash with museum guards over his guerrilla teaching tactics.
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Grassroots efforts like Citizen Historians and Save Our Signs are mobilizing to resist censorship and preserve historical narratives in the face of Trump administration directives to remove “divisive narratives” from museums and national parks.