Smithsonian America 250 exhibit features 3x more liberal items than conservative ones
A Smithsonian exhibit designed to commemorate America’s 250th birthday displays numerous objects linked to key points in the nation’s history, though it provides relatively little representation of Christianity or conservatism despite ample coverage for LGBT rights and racial justice movements, among other liberal causes, a Fox News Digital review of the exhibit's online catalog found.In Pursuit of Life, Liberty & Happiness is an exhibit curated by the Smithsonian Institution with the aim of displaying 250 objects that help to tell the story of America from the 1700s to the present.Among these objects are historically significant items, such as a compass from the 1806 Lewis and Clark expedition, a dress belonging to Dolly Madison, Abraham Lincoln’s hat and the desk the Declaration of Independence was written on.Also included in the exhibit, according to an online catalog published by the Smithsonian, are a number of objects with clear ties to modern liberal politics, such as a pink "p-ssy hat" worn by a participant of the 2017 Women's March, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s gavel, monarch butterfly wings worn by an illegal immigrant activist and a typewriter belonging to liberal writer Maya Angelou.Next to Angelou’s typewriter is a picture of a 1970s drag queen "wearing an off-the-shoulder shimmery gown," according to a visual description of the exhibit published by the Smithsonian.TRUMP ORDERS SIGNS OUTSIDE SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM AMID ROW OVER ITS DEPICTION OF AMERICAN HISTORYWomen, wearing the so-called Pussy Hat, pose for a selfie during a rally to mark the International Women's Day in Copenhagen, Denmark on March 8, 2017.
(Photo by Nikolai Linares / Scanpix Denmark / AFP) / Denmark OUT (Photo by NIKOLAI LINARES/Scanpix Denmark/AFP via Getty Images) ( Nikolai Linares/Scanpix Denmark/AFP via Getty Images))The exhibit’s selections are drawing scrutiny as President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans challenge the Smithsonian’s portrayal of...