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Trump targets Smithsonian over its portrayal of America’s history

The Cincinnati Herald 04 Apr 2025
In 1994, controversy again erupted, this time at the National Air and Space Museum over a forthcoming exhibition centered on the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima 50 years prior.
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In the crosshairs: Trump opens up a new front in the history wars

Alternet 02 Apr 2025
In 1994, controversy again erupted, this time at the National Air and Space Museum over a forthcoming exhibition centered on the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima 50 years prior.
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Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen honors sisters, ages 101 and 103, for work at WWII bomber plant

Beatrice Daily Sun 02 Apr 2025
Two sisters, who are 101 and 103 years old, were honored by Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen on Monday for their work at the World War II bomber plant where the Enola Gay was built ... .
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We made it through April 1. But in 2025, every day feels like April Fools' Day | Opinion

jacksonville.com 02 Apr 2025
Photos of the Enola Gay, the B-29 aircraft that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, were among thousands of images and stories flagged for removal from government websites because the plane’s ...
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What it’s like to be a US historian right now

The Hill 02 Apr 2025
Even references to the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945, were scrubbed from government web pages due to politically motivated keyword searches that apparently disregarded content ... Thomas A.
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Death of veteran found in car at California VA hospital latest in string of suicides

The Mercury News 02 Apr 2025
A military veteran wanted by police was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a parked vehicle this week at the Jerry L ... Sunday, March 30, San Bernardino police Lt. Jennifer Kohrell said ... Letters ... Is the Enola Gay woke? ... Memo.
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Editorial Roundup: United States

Wtop 31 Mar 2025
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad. ... Mr ... A webpage on the Enola Gay, the aircraft that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, appears to have been marked for deletion because it was mistaken for a reference to LGBTQ+ issues.
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They cannot rob us of our history and our place in America’s story

The Tennessee Tribune 30 Mar 2025
... the word “gay.” And, as of last week, that included references to the Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber that dropped the atomic bomb over Hiroshima, and photographs of people whose last name is Gay.
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Manitowoc letters address 'DEI injustice,' Tesla attacks, Medicaid cuts \u0026 more

Herald Times Reporter 30 Mar 2025
Editor's note. The deadline to submit letters regarding the April 1 election has passed. Here are this week’s letters to the editor of the Herald Times Reporter ... (Its name was “gay”; the Enola Gay.)Baseball star Jackie Robinson, who served in WWII ... Rep.
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‘It reminds you of a fascist state’: Smithsonian Institution braces for Trump rewrite of US history

AOL 30 Mar 2025
Related ... In 1995, the air and space museum planned to display the Enola Gay, the B-29 Superfortress that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, with accompanying text that critics complained was more sympathetic to Japan than the US ... He said ... .
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'We’re all shocked — shocked!': Hilary Clinton bashes Donald Trump over Signal war chat leak

The Times of India 28 Mar 2025
But we knew that already ... 'Mr ... 'Does anyone really think deleting tributes to the Tuskegee Airmen makes us more safe? The Trump Pentagon purged images of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb that ended World War II because its name is the Enola Gay ... .
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DEI Addressed at Women in Aviation Conference

Flying 27 Mar 2025
Coffman also noted that the photograph of the B-29 Enola Gay was pulled. Enola Gay was the name of the mother of Colonel Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the famous bomber, and at the time, pilots often named their aircraft after a woman in their life ... ....
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Wondering what's next

The Daily Item 27 Mar 2025
The Trump administration has taken steps to purge “DEI” from their websites and outreach. Some actions are laughable, such as eliminating references to the Enola Gay, for having that unmentionable word in its name ....
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Letter: It’s time to confront our ‘casual cruelty’

Chico Enterprise Record 27 Mar 2025
After five minutes I switched channels. Why? ... Also included in the purge were articles about Navajo Code Talkers, Iwo Jima flag-raisers (one of them, Ira Hayes, was Native American) and the aircraft that dropped the atomic bomb, the Enola GAY ... .
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The Guardian view on Trump and reality: from promoting alternative facts to erasing truths

The Observer 27 Mar 2025
Information resources are both the target and collateral damage ... A webpage on the Enola Gay, the aircraft that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, appears to have been marked for deletion because it was mistaken for a reference to LGBTQ+ issues ... .

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