Americans are getting ready to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Taxpayers hand the Smithsonian more than a billion dollars every year.
But the Smithsonian just told Americans to skip the Founding for this disgusting list.
Smithsonian pushes woke shrines over Revolutionary War history
The Smithsonian rolled out its official list of "250 Places to Celebrate" for Americans to visit during the nation's 250th anniversary.
What should have been a guide to Lexington, Concord, Valley Forge, and the birthplaces of the Founding Fathers turned into something else entirely.
The Smithsonian wants Americans to visit the Castro District in San Francisco instead, calling it a "gay mecca" and recommending it as a 250th anniversary destination despite having zero connection to 1776 or the men who pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to create this nation.
Meanwhile, Colonial Williamsburg didn't make the list.
The nation's premier living history museum where visitors can actually experience colonial America got ignored while a San Francisco sex district made the cut.
The Smithsonian also thinks Americans should visit the North Dakota Mosque because it's the oldest in America, built in 1929.
But the historic churches of colonial America where clergy like Rev. Jonathan Mayhew preached the ideals that sparked the Revolution?
Not worth mentioning, according to the Smithsonian.
The "black-robed regiment" of pastors who drove Americans to fight for independence has been completely erased from the Smithsonian's version of history.
Trump fighting back against Lonnie Bunch's radical agenda
The Smithsonian recommended Americans visit the Stonewall Inn — a gay bar where riots broke out in 1969.
They didn't recommend visiting Trenton, Saratoga, Cowpens, or Yorktown.
Those were only the four pivotal Revolutionary War battlefields where Americans won independence against the world's most powerful military.
The Smithsonian wants you to tour Haight-Ashbury, the birthplace of the dysfunctional hippie movement.
But visiting the National Archives where the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights are actually on display?
Apparently that's not important enough for the 250th anniversary list.
The Smithsonian did recommend Mount Vernon, George Washington's home.
Then they completely ignored Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, James Madison's Montpelier, John Adams' homes, and every other Founding Father's residence.
Instead, Americans should visit the homes of Malcolm X and Zora Neale Hurston, according to the taxpayer-funded institution.
Oh and they did name the NYC Firehouse from the Ghostbusters movie.
Okay? Worth celebrating, sure plenty of the stuff on the list is.
But again it's not so much some – stress some – of what they included as it is all that they chose instead of the glaring omissions in a list created in observation of America’s 250 birthday.
Lonnie Bunch, the Secretary of the Smithsonian, has turned the institution into a vehicle for pushing the 1619 Project and anti-American racism.
Bunch bragged he wanted "everybody that thought about the 1619 Project" to see "that the Smithsonian had fingerprints on it."
Mission accomplished.
The 1619 Project claims America's true founding was slavery, not liberty, and has been thoroughly debunked by historians across the political spectrum for fabricating history.
Bunch embedded that garbage into Smithsonian exhibits and now he's using the 250th anniversary to push progressive politics instead of celebrating the Founding.
President Trump issued Executive Order 14253 in March 2025 titled "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History."
The order directed Vice President JD Vance, who sits on the Smithsonian's Board of Regents, to remove woke ideology from the institution.
Trump's White House sent Bunch a letter in December demanding compliance and setting a January 13, 2026 deadline.
Bunch has been stonewalling.
He's claiming the Smithsonian will conduct its own internal review instead of following the President's directive.
That's letting the fox guard the henhouse.
Studies show museum professionals lean overwhelmingly left-wing.
The people who created these woke exhibits aren't going to suddenly decide they were wrong.
Smithsonian funding should be cut until Bunch complies
The Smithsonian's "250 Places" list proves Bunch isn't acting in good faith.
With America's birthday five months away, he's still recommending gay bars and mosques over Independence Hall and Revolutionary War battlefields.
The National Park Service is spending millions preparing Valley Forge, Bunker Hill, Saratoga, and other Revolutionary sites for the 250th anniversary.
States across the country are organizing reenactments of pivotal battles and commemorations of the Founding.
The Daughters of the American Revolution is placing markers honoring Patriots in every state.
Mount Vernon is opening new exhibits on George Washington's Revolutionary War leadership.
But the Smithsonian can't be bothered to tell Americans where the Revolution actually happened.
Bunch admitted the Smithsonian's job is "really to create new generations of activists" and museums should "play a social justice role."
That's not what taxpayers are paying for.
Americans didn't hand over a billion dollars a year so Bunch could push Critical Race Theory and erase the Founding Fathers from our own 250th anniversary.
Trump needs to follow through on his threat.
Cut every penny of Smithsonian funding until Bunch either complies with the executive order or resigns.
The 250th anniversary of American independence is too important to let woke ideologues hijack it for their anti-American agenda.
Americans fought an eight-year war against the world's most powerful empire to secure the rights of Englishmen and create a constitutional republic.
The least the Smithsonian can do is acknowledge that actually happened.
Sources:
- S. David Sultzer, "The Woke Smithsonian Disrespects Our Nation's 250th Anniversary," American Thinker, February 12, 2026.
- John Fonte, "Trump's Smithsonian Counter-Revolution," Hudson Institute, 2025.
- "Executive Order 14253," Wikipedia, 2025.
- Mike Gonzalez, "The 1619 Project's Fingerprints Are All Over the Smithsonian's African American Museum," The Heritage Foundation, 2025.
- "How the Smithsonian lost its way," UnHerd, January 9, 2026.
- "White House reviewing Smithsonian exhibits to make sure they align with Trump's vision," NBC News, August 12, 2025.
- "Lonnie Bunch Sizes Up His Past and Future at the Smithsonian," Smithsonian Magazine, September 23, 2019.
