A statue honoring Confederate soldiers, dedicated on the Franklin, Tenn., town square in 1899. (Photo: John Partipilo)

I hear from many Tennesseans concerned about the Trump administration’s effort to wind the clock back on equality, tangling with universities over hiring programs and the teaching of America’s brutal history of slavery, and stripping LGBTQ+ military service members of their ranks.

Most recently, President Donald Trump took on the Smithsonian Institution, the world’s largest grouping of museums, education and research centers, most clustered around the National Mall in Washington, Dwh.C. The Smithsonian is truly one of the country’s treasures.

On Tuesday, Trump blasted the Smithsonian for exhibits noting “how bad slavery was.” This came amid news that six states, four of

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