There's a historic number of fights over American history right now.

Take your pick.

They range from the outlandish.

President Trump directed the most complex and secretive military operation in history.

Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated.

To the sketchy.

Critics attacked the U.S. Department of Defense after a web page was removed

that honored the military career of sports legend Jackie Robinson.

To the existential.

The Internet's talking about this one today.

The National Park Service has removed a reference to Harriet Tubman

from a web page about the Underground Railroad.

But since it's the fourth, we had today explained thought we'd take a look at a very different

fight over our history to see if we can learn anything from it. On the show today, we're

going to talk about the one-time Disney tried to make a theme park out of American history,

warts and all.

Spoiler alert, it did not go well.

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