Washington – Smithsonian said on Saturday that it would update an exhibition at the National Museum of American History to reflect all impeachment proceedings in American history after a placard was removed last month.
Smithsonian said in a statement, “It is our privilege and responsibility to tell the exact and complete history as the protector of memory for Nation.”
The statement came after Washington Post Informed Last week’s museum removed the reference to two impeachment of President Trump in the first month as part of a material review. In the statement, Smithsonian accepted recent reporting around the case, stating that a placard was removed from the exhibition in July, “The American Presidency: A Fantastic Burden,” the museum has said “to reflect all impeachment proceedings in our country’s history”.
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Smithsonian said it was “asked by any administration or other government official to extract material from the demonstration.”
The statement said, “Placard, which was a temporary addition to the twenty -five -year -old exhibition, did not meet the museum standards in attendance, location, timeline and overall presentation.” “This exhibition did not correspond to other sections and also blocked the view of the objects inside its case. For these reasons, we removed the placard.”
Mr. Trump was impeached in the House 2019 On the allegations related to the pressure efforts to Ukraine to investigate his political opponent, and in 2021 Riot at US Capital, to abetment on 6 January 2021. He was acquitted in the Senate in both cases. President Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton were also impeached, and both were also acquitted in the Senate. President Richard Nixon resigned while facing an impeachment investigation.
Smithsonian underlined that the impeachment section of the exhibition would “be updated in the coming weeks to reflect all impeachment proceedings in our country’s history.”
