Sarah E. Patterson
@sarahepatterson.bsky.social
Historian of the modern United States and military. Gender and the Marine Corps during WWII. she/her
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The AHA has signed on to the @acls1919.bsky.social’s Statement Regarding the White House Review of Smithsonian Institution Museums. The review “supersedes the oversight of professional scholars and makes the museums tools of the presidential administration.” 🗃️
ACLS Statement Regarding the White House Review of Smithsonian Institution Museums
ACLS stands in firm opposition to the latest directive by the White House forcing Smithsonian Institution museums to subject their presentation of American history to government review.
www.acls.org
August 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The AHA has signed on to the @acls1919.bsky.social’s Statement Regarding the White House Review of Smithsonian Institution Museums. The review “supersedes the oversight of professional scholars and makes the museums tools of the presidential administration.” 🗃️
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AHA executive director Sarah Weicksel was featured in national media outlets covering Trump’s announcement of a “sweeping review” of the Smithsonian. "Political interference into content and curatorial practices places at risk the integrity and accuracy of historical interpretation," Weicksel said.
AHA Executive Director Featured in Media Coverage of Smithsonian Review Announcement
AHA executive director Sarah Weicksel was featured in national and international media outlets covering the Trump administration’s announcement of a “sweeping review” of the Smithsonian to “ensure ali...
www.historians.org
August 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
AHA executive director Sarah Weicksel was featured in national media outlets covering Trump’s announcement of a “sweeping review” of the Smithsonian. "Political interference into content and curatorial practices places at risk the integrity and accuracy of historical interpretation," Weicksel said.
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@acls1919.bsky.social, the AHA, & @modernlanguage.bsky.social filed a lawsuit in federal district court today, seeking to reverse the recent actions of the NEH to devastate the agency, including the elimination of grant programs, staff, and entire divisions and programs. 🗃️
American Council of Learned Societies, American Historical Association, and Modern Language Association File Lawsuit Alleging Illegal Dismantling of National Endowment for the Humanities - AHA
Lawsuit aims to reinstate NEH grant programs, divisions, and staff. For Immediate Release / May 1, 2025 (New York, NY) — The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), the American Historical Assoc...
www.historians.org
May 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
@acls1919.bsky.social, the AHA, & @modernlanguage.bsky.social filed a lawsuit in federal district court today, seeking to reverse the recent actions of the NEH to devastate the agency, including the elimination of grant programs, staff, and entire divisions and programs. 🗃️
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If you’re in office—and you don’t call this out—you’re choosing a side.
Silence is compliance.
And “oops, I didn’t notice the dictatorial threat” won’t cut it.
Silence is compliance.
And “oops, I didn’t notice the dictatorial threat” won’t cut it.
Every Republican who goes on the Sunday shows tomorrow should be pressed to denounce this illegal and authoritarian proclamation from the president. And none of this "I didn't read the tweet" bullshit.
July 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
If you’re in office—and you don’t call this out—you’re choosing a side.
Silence is compliance.
And “oops, I didn’t notice the dictatorial threat” won’t cut it.
Silence is compliance.
And “oops, I didn’t notice the dictatorial threat” won’t cut it.
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Sharing this note from the UVa president. I am so heartbroken and infuriated by these politically-motivated attacks on US higher education.
June 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Sharing this note from the UVa president. I am so heartbroken and infuriated by these politically-motivated attacks on US higher education.
The Republican Plot to Un-Educate America newrepublic.com/article/1970... via @newrepublic.com
The Republican Plot to Un-Educate America
Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” is an extinction-level event for higher education that would annihilate the country’s intellectual potential.
newrepublic.com
June 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The Republican Plot to Un-Educate America newrepublic.com/article/1970... via @newrepublic.com
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June 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
No Kings Greenville, NC!
June 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM
No Kings Greenville, NC!
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The official focus of the parade is the commemoration of the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary. But critics say the president is using the military show of force to push a political agenda and celebrate his birthday, which happens to fall on the same date.
Tanks and flyovers: Army celebrates its 250th year, Trump celebrates his 79th
The official focus of the parade is the commemoration of the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary. But critics say the president is using the military show of force to push a political agenda and celebrate his birthday, which happens to fall on the same date.
n.pr
June 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The official focus of the parade is the commemoration of the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary. But critics say the president is using the military show of force to push a political agenda and celebrate his birthday, which happens to fall on the same date.
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“Liberating” the city from its democratically elected leaders = liberating it from democracy.
The blunt and ugly truth.
The blunt and ugly truth.
It's mind-blowing how little attention this extraordinary statement has received. It's briefly mentioned in a couple news articles, but this MSNBC opinion piece is the only extended discussion of it I've seen: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
June 14, 2025 at 5:07 AM
“Liberating” the city from its democratically elected leaders = liberating it from democracy.
The blunt and ugly truth.
The blunt and ugly truth.
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I know there's a lot going on, but the Secretary of Homeland Security declaring that federal troops are in California and Los Angeles to "liberate" the state and city from its duly-elected leaders really is a fourteen-alarm fire.
It's mind-blowing how little attention this extraordinary statement has received. It's briefly mentioned in a couple news articles, but this MSNBC opinion piece is the only extended discussion of it I've seen: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
June 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I know there's a lot going on, but the Secretary of Homeland Security declaring that federal troops are in California and Los Angeles to "liberate" the state and city from its duly-elected leaders really is a fourteen-alarm fire.
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For the record:
The Confederates fought a war against the United States to defend the institution of slavery.
Period.
The Confederates fought a war against the United States to defend the institution of slavery.
Period.
June 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
For the record:
The Confederates fought a war against the United States to defend the institution of slavery.
Period.
The Confederates fought a war against the United States to defend the institution of slavery.
Period.
Rereading Connell's Masculinities and wondered if current antihigher ed trends are partially rooted in gender bias.With rising number of women and nonbinary people going to college, is discussion of ed being feminized?Is this why there have been so many attacks on higher ed?Any reading suggestions?
June 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Rereading Connell's Masculinities and wondered if current antihigher ed trends are partially rooted in gender bias.With rising number of women and nonbinary people going to college, is discussion of ed being feminized?Is this why there have been so many attacks on higher ed?Any reading suggestions?
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An administration that wants to curtail, cut off, control, and punish knowledge and learning is trying to stamp out independence and resistance.
It is a scared administration.
Because knowledge is power.
It is a scared administration.
Because knowledge is power.
Linda McMahon: "Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as they're abiding by the laws and in sync, I think, with the administration and what the administration is trying to accomplish."
May 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
An administration that wants to curtail, cut off, control, and punish knowledge and learning is trying to stamp out independence and resistance.
It is a scared administration.
Because knowledge is power.
It is a scared administration.
Because knowledge is power.
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YES
It’s not enough, all by itself.
By far.
But in building a movement, it matters.
It’s not enough, all by itself.
By far.
But in building a movement, it matters.
May 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
YES
It’s not enough, all by itself.
By far.
But in building a movement, it matters.
It’s not enough, all by itself.
By far.
But in building a movement, it matters.
Wow! So impressed by all of the protests today!
April 6, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Wow! So impressed by all of the protests today!
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AHA member @benjaminepark.bsky.social asks, “What is patriotic education and why is it such a threat to … ethical, accurate, and fair understanding of America’s past?”
I did a youtube video on why the White House's attacks on the study of history are so dire, and how his "patriotic education" restores false history while also censoring true history. youtu.be/rQvl8ean0gI?...
The Truth About Patriotic Education—And Why It’s Dangerous
YouTube video by Professor Benjamin Park
youtu.be
March 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
AHA member @benjaminepark.bsky.social asks, “What is patriotic education and why is it such a threat to … ethical, accurate, and fair understanding of America’s past?”
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The AHA has released a statement in support of the Smithsonian Institution, the target of the recent EO, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” This order “egregiously misrepresents the work of the Smithsonian Institution” and “completely misconstrues the nature of historical work.” 🗃️
Historians Defend the Smithsonian - AHA
The American Historical Association has released a statement in support of the Smithsonian Institution, the target of the recent executive order, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” This...
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March 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The AHA has released a statement in support of the Smithsonian Institution, the target of the recent EO, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” This order “egregiously misrepresents the work of the Smithsonian Institution” and “completely misconstrues the nature of historical work.” 🗃️
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The AHA has released a statement condemning "the dismantling of federal departments and agencies through the indiscriminate termination of federal employees and elimination of programs, including historical offices.” 🗃️
American Historical Association Condemns Indiscriminate Cuts to the Federal Government
The AHA has released a statement condemning "the dismantling of federal departments and agencies through the indiscriminate termination of federal employees and elimination of programs, including hist...
www.historians.org
March 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The AHA has released a statement condemning "the dismantling of federal departments and agencies through the indiscriminate termination of federal employees and elimination of programs, including historical offices.” 🗃️
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Letter signed by members of the Columbia History Department urging resistance to the Trump Administration's efforts to dictate university policy.
"Should this control be realized, here or elsewhere, it would make any real historical scholarship, teaching, and intellectual community impossible."
"Should this control be realized, here or elsewhere, it would make any real historical scholarship, teaching, and intellectual community impossible."
March 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Letter signed by members of the Columbia History Department urging resistance to the Trump Administration's efforts to dictate university policy.
"Should this control be realized, here or elsewhere, it would make any real historical scholarship, teaching, and intellectual community impossible."
"Should this control be realized, here or elsewhere, it would make any real historical scholarship, teaching, and intellectual community impossible."
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Trump’s trying to gut funding for libraries: you can fight back with ALA.
The President's executive order to dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services would be deeply harmful. We need to speak out.
Take action NOW: tell Congress to protect library funding.
bit.ly/ProtectLibraryFunding
The President's executive order to dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services would be deeply harmful. We need to speak out.
Take action NOW: tell Congress to protect library funding.
bit.ly/ProtectLibraryFunding
March 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Trump’s trying to gut funding for libraries: you can fight back with ALA.
The President's executive order to dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services would be deeply harmful. We need to speak out.
Take action NOW: tell Congress to protect library funding.
bit.ly/ProtectLibraryFunding
The President's executive order to dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services would be deeply harmful. We need to speak out.
Take action NOW: tell Congress to protect library funding.
bit.ly/ProtectLibraryFunding
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The AHA and the OAH have released a joint statement condemning recent efforts to censor historical content on federal government websites, at many public museums, and across a wide swath of government resources that include essential data. To date, 23 organizations have signed on to the statement. 🗃️
AHA–OAH Joint Statement on Federal Censorship of American History
The American Historical Association (AHA) and the Organization of American Historians (OAH) have released a joint statement condemning federal censorship of American history.
www.historians.org
March 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The AHA and the OAH have released a joint statement condemning recent efforts to censor historical content on federal government websites, at many public museums, and across a wide swath of government resources that include essential data. To date, 23 organizations have signed on to the statement. 🗃️
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The Army just deleted without explanation its page about the 442nd “GO FOR BROKE” infantry regiment—the Japanese American WW2 unit that is the most decorated in US military history.
Archive is here:
web.archive.org/web/20250304...
Page was here:
www.army.mil/asianpacific...
Disgusting.
Archive is here:
web.archive.org/web/20250304...
Page was here:
www.army.mil/asianpacific...
Disgusting.
Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders | The United States Army
U.S. Army Heritage Asian American & Pacific Islander Microsite | The United States Army
web.archive.org
March 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The Army just deleted without explanation its page about the 442nd “GO FOR BROKE” infantry regiment—the Japanese American WW2 unit that is the most decorated in US military history.
Archive is here:
web.archive.org/web/20250304...
Page was here:
www.army.mil/asianpacific...
Disgusting.
Archive is here:
web.archive.org/web/20250304...
Page was here:
www.army.mil/asianpacific...
Disgusting.