Trump directs administration to restore monuments that have been removed
President Donald Trump signed an executive order behind closed doors on Thursday directing federal agencies and the Smithsonian Institution to eliminate what the order calls "divisive" and "anti-American" content from museums and national parks, according to sources familiar with the order.

The order, title "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History," directs the vice president and the secretary of the Interior Department to restore federal parks, monuments, memorials and statues "that have been improperly removed or changed in the last five years to perpetuate a false revision of history or improperly minimize or disparage certain historical figures or events."
The order also directs the vice president, who is a member of the Smithsonian Board of Regents, to work to eliminate improper, divisive or anti-American ideology from the Smithsonian and its museums, education and research centers, and the National Zoo.
-ABC News' Katherine Faulders, Rachel Scott and Will Steakin







