As lawmakers clashed with a top Smithsonian official at a Tuesday hearing, they ping-ponged between small details — like items sold in the gift shop — and the loftiest American ideals. Republicans accused Anthea M. Hartig, director of the National Museum of American History, of trying to “rewrite” the country’s past with a version focused more […]

If Trump gets his way, the Smithsonian will become a temple of ‘shallow patriotism’

Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, questioned National Museum of American History director Anthea Hartig in a House Oversight subcommittee hearing Tuesday. In announcing the hearing, the…