User:Disembodied Poetics/2020 National Archives Speech

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On September 17, 2020, Donald Trump delivered a speech at the National Archives in which he announced the creation of the 1776 Commission, as well as declaring that a statue of Caeser Rodney would be added to the National Garden of American Heroes. The speech, delivered in conjunction with the White House Conference on American History, an event that the American Historical Association described as "hastily assembled" event, which amounted to political theatre which was designed to intensify culture wars. The White House Conference on American History was described by the Organization of American Historians as "a hastily-arranged gathering, organized without input or participation from historical associations and including panelists who are not experts in the field."