Patriotic History: History or Hagiography

A Presidential Commission Releases a Report Calling for a Patriotic History that Venerates Our ‘Heroes’

The President’s Advisory 1776 Commission issued its report on Monday, calling for a reaffirmation in the teaching of history to American exceptional and the nation’s founding values.

There is a lot to say about the report, which was written in response to the debate over The New York Times 1619 Project and Nikole Hannah-Jones’ argument that the stain of …