Erin Thompson, author of Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments, says the wording of the order – and specifically the phrase "false reconstruction of American history ...

Being the first monument dedicated to an African American, the George Washington Carver National Monument celebrated diversity amid racial tensions at the time. Its establishment opened the doors ...

President Donald Trump’s executive order for “Unleashing American Energy” is sparking concern for the safety of federal lands within national monuments across the U.S., but especially in the ...

Restoring any monuments or memorials removed since Jan. 1, 2020, is also part of the executive order. That was the start of an American reckoning with the way Confederate icons were honored in ...

The order also revives Trump’s effort to protect historical monuments from vandalism and establish a National Garden of American Heroes, a project he first proposed on Independence Day in 2020 ...