Writers on the Range: Erasing History, One Park at a Time

Erasing history, one park at a time

As the philosopher George Santayana said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” It’s true that we humans easily forget the past, and we seem to repeat our mistakes—think of large and small conflicts around the…

Writers on the Range: Erasing history, one park at a time

As the philosopher George Santayana said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” It’s true that we humans easily forget the past, and we seem to repeat our mistakes — think of large and small conflicts around the globe. Yet now the Trump administration is moving that process forward with a brand-new spin. In response to President Trump’s executive order Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History, Interior Secretary …

Trump and Burgum are erasing history_ one National Park at a time (Opinion)

As the philosopher George Santayana said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” It’s true that we humans easily forget the past, and we seem to repeat our mistakes–think of large and small conflicts around the globe. Yet now the Trump administration is moving that process forward with a brand-new spin. In response to President Donald Trump’s executive order “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” Interior Sec…

WRITERS ON THE RANGE: Erasing history, one park at a time

As the philosopher George Santayana said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” It’s true that we humans easily forget the past, and we seem to repeat our mistakes—think of large and small conflicts around the…

Trump and Burgum are erasing history, one National Park at a time (Opinion)

In response to President Donald Trump’s executive order "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History," Interior Secretary Doug Burgum issued an order to counter what he calls a revisionist movement that “seeks to undermine the remarkable achievements of the United States by casting its founding principles and historical milestones in a negative light.”