A long episode for a big topic! As one of the newly-inaugurated President Biden’s first acts was to abolish and retract the report from the 1776 commission, we figured we should revisit the 1776 commission not only because of its fundamental undermining of good teaching of history, but also because of what their published report represents more broadly. Rachel Yerke, a museum curator, joins Aaron to discuss the 1776 Commission Report, including what it represents societally, specific problems with what it reports as “history,” and why it is so dangerous to the study of history more broadly.

A link to the actual 1776 Commission Report, now hosted by the Heritage Foundation: https://thf_media.s3.amazonaws.com/2021/The-Presidents-Advisory-1776-Commission.pdf

Victor Davis Hanson on the 1776 report: https://www.abqjournal.com/2196748/thoughts-on-the-nowcanceled-1776-commission-report.html

Mike Gonzalez on why President Biden’s revocation of the 1776 project is a “war on history”: https://www.heritage.org/american-founders/commentary/bidens-disbanding-1776-commission-shows-lefts-war-us-history?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=thf-fb&fbclid=IwAR3ekBURrGtHFcB3GJFxdgLoEWrrVt2LlRuu3Iy7mSZAmmwC7jLGuq5oaWA

Former Oxford Historian Richard Carwardine on the 1619 Project: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/31/carw-d31.html

Stanford Historian Clayborne Carson on the 1619 Project:https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/15/clay-j15.html

Clarence Page on the 1776 Unites project - a non-nationalist, rigorously researched alternative to former President Trump’s efforts: https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-trump-1776-report-history-slavery-page-20210122-gabpnpb2vrfoxhzn3u636jiree-story.html

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