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Hello and welcome to the podcast.

I'm Tracy V. Wilson.

And I'm Holly Fry. We have mentioned the

Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History Executive Order a few times on the show since it was

first issued on March 27th of 2025. That's the executive order stating that the U.S.

government's policy is to restore federal sites dedicated to history to, quote, solemn and uplifting public monuments that remind Americans

of our extraordinary heritage, consistent progress toward becoming a more perfect union,

an unmatched record of advancing liberty,

prosperity, and human flourishing. So, signs and other materials deemed to be in violation of

that order, started to be removed from federally managed sites last year. And the most sweeping

changes, I think, have been at the President's House site at

Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia. In May, federally managed sites were given

September deadlines to address material that was thought to violate this executive order. At least

13 pieces of information

were flagged at the president's house site.

When the public found out about this,

there were protest rallies,

complaints from tourists, legal filings.

There was a resolution from the Philadelphia City Council

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