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Washington – 13 August 2025
1. Exterior shot of National Portrait Gallery, with Smithsonian Institution’s name on the building
2. Pan of an exhibition called "Many Voices, One Nation" in the Smithsonian’s American History Museum, showing Kat Rodriguez’s Immokalee Statue of Liberty
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3. STILL of screenshot of US President Donald Trump’s Truth Social account
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4. Exterior of National Museum of African American History and Culture with the Washington Monument in the background.
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5. The exterior of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, before the museum opened. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, ID: 25121855114596)
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Brittany Wilson, museum visitor:
"It’s unfortunate. I think it’s really important to preserve American history and African-American culture is American history, to really understand so that we don’t repeat history."
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Allan McNaughton, museum visitor from New Zealand:
"I don’t believe the president has the right to change it because the next president won’t believe in that and put it back. So you have to leave things as they were because that’s the truth."
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Azunna Njoku, museum visitor:
"I don’t think it’s good to erase the past. Even though it’s hard to see how our country used to be. I hope we can learn from our mistakes and come together as one instead of being separated."
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9. Pan of an exhibition related to slavery inside the National Museum of African American History and Culture
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Tammy Schlador, museum visitor:
"I think our country is most successful when we don’t forget where we came from because we cannot repeat what we’ve done in the past that was so bad. We need to grow and learn, by knowing our history, the real unvarnished truth."
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STORYLINE:
The White House is ordering a review of the Smithsonian museums to align content with President Donald Trump’s interpretation of American history.
"Everything discussed is how horrible our Country is, how bad Slavery was, and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been — Nothing about Success, nothing about Brightness, nothing about the Future," President Trump wrote on social media
The Associated Press asked visitors at the National Museum of African American History and Culture for their reactions.
"I don’t believe the President has the right to change it because the next President won’t believe in that and put it back," said Allan McNaughton, who is visiting from New Zealand. "So you have to leave things as they were because that’s the truth."
Others shared a similar view. Brittany Wilson thinks it’s important to preserve American history.
"African-American culture is American history," said Wilson. "And so in order to preserve, one preserve our history, but also to really understand so that we don’t repeat history."
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