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“March Against 1776” Latest Left-Wing Effort to Rewrite American History

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AMAC Exclusive – By Shane Harris

As contentious school board meetings continue to make headlines nationwide, left-wing groups rallied last week in Johnston, Iowa, in support of Critical Race Theory in what was billed as a “March Against 1776” – the year in which the Declaration of Independence was signed and most Americans recognize as the founding of the country. The planned protest follows a school board election in Johnston earlier this month where concerned parents voted out three board members, including the board president, amid concerns over Critical Race Theory and other anti-American ideologies being taught in classrooms.

Following campaigns throughout the country this year where education issues took center stage, the Iowa rally is the latest example of the far left of moving toward a more open embrace of Critical Race Theory based on arguments (however dubious) about its merits as an educational tool. That shift has also been characterized by explicit attacks on conventional teaching of American history. In Johnston, for example, protestors chanted “hey hey ho ho 1776 has got to go” and “CRT is here to stay.” Some protestors also sported signs that read “#DownWith1776” and “patriotism in education = erasure and indoctrination.”

This new messaging strategy from the far left on Critical Race Theory marks a drastic about-face from just a few months ago, when many of the same left-wing voices largely sought to downplay the influence of Critical Race Theory in schools by either claiming that the doctrine was “made up” or that it was only taught in high-level graduate courses. Both of those notions have been repeatedly disproven.

Now, instead of saying that CRT isn’t taught in schools, left-wing protestors in Johnston – normally a quiet midwestern community – are not only admitting that CRT is taught in schools, but are also claiming that it should be taught in schools. Moreover, they are explicitly calling for erasing the legacy of 1776 – in other words, rewriting American history to advance their socialist-Marxist political agenda.

The Community of Racial Equity, March for our Lives, and Johnston Parents for Equity and Antiracism all took credit for leading the protest, which was staged as a reaction to the election of three candidates to the school board, Derek Tidball, Clint Evans, and Deb Davis.

Specifically, the protestors took issue with Tidball, Evans, and Davis signing ‘The 1776 Pledge’ during their campaigns, in which candidates say that they believe, among other things, that the United States is an “exceptional nation,” the Founding Fathers “were among the greatest Americans to ever live,” and that students “should be taught to take pride in their country, to respect our founding principles of liberty and equality, and to have a sense of American history that is both truthful and inspiring.”

Signers also promise to take concrete steps if elected to “promote a curriculum that teaches that all children are created equal, have equal moral value under God, our Constitution, and the law,” and to “prohibit any curriculum that pits students against one another on the basis of race or sex.”

After signing the Pledge, Tidball, Evans, and Davis all defeated incumbent members of the board. As they prepared to be sworn in last week, however, those gathered for the protest arrived to demand that they denounce it. Although opponents of the Pledge spent about 40 minutes speaking out against it during the board meeting, none of the newly-installed board members showed any indication that they intended to renounce their support.

The Pledge was created by the group 1776 Action, an organization inspired by President Trump’s 1776 Commission, which was founded to promote a truthful understanding of American history and counter left-wing narratives about America. President Biden disbanded the Commission just hours after taking office. The organization says that its mission is to restore “honest, patriotic education” to schools and “spotlight and correct egregious instances of anti-American indoctrination.”

1776 Action also issued a statement backing all three candidates, saying that “it is absolutely vital that patriotic Americans reclaim control of their local school boards.”

After becoming perhaps the defining issue of the state and local elections earlier this month, education promises to continue to be at the forefront of voters’ minds heading into the midterm elections next year. If the far left continues to double down on Critical Race Theory and other radical ideology in public schools, Democrats may be poised to suffer a repeat of what happened in Johnston all across the country.

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Boz
Boz
2 years ago

Bern in HeII, Ioser Iefty IiberaIs.

Boz
Boz
2 years ago

Bern in HeII, Ioser Iefty IiberaIs.

Stephen Russell
Stephen Russell
2 years ago

How about these: March to 1942 ( Gas chambers) 1790 ( French Rev), OK Leftists

R.J. from Arizona
R.J. from Arizona
2 years ago

These leftists may be happier if they moved to California or Washington. They would feel right at home.

Bonnie
Bonnie
2 years ago

From the photo it resembles a Biden rally.

Sharon Ormsby
Sharon Ormsby
2 years ago

So horribly sad when we are all equal in God’s sight. He didn’t make any of us smarter or more ignorant than others. It’s only prejudice that makes us unequal.

Lois Keel
Lois Keel
2 years ago

I am planning towards American 250 a presentation of a woman (Sarah Osborn) who received a pension for all she did during the Revolution. She was with 2 other women in her NY 1st Regiment, a lieutenant’s wife & a female slave. I dread CRT brainwashed participants & wonder how I can bring to audiences the value of what was done? The American Revolution and those who created it weren’t perfect, but neither was the world (including Africa) at the time. It was the START, but had its flaws that later times have worked to change.
This whole CRT movement leaves me worrying if our people are going to be able to deal honestly with this epic beginning change in how a country could be organized?

irene
irene
2 years ago

so the leftist in this country are off springs of the ass kissers of the British Royal family and maybe Canadian royalists involved as well. it seems Canada is still kissing the asses of the royal family and are subjects of the UK. more and more I wish the Europeans and those in the Americas told the musilm slaver traders off of Africa to take their slaves and go to hell. talk about idiots, look at the tribes in Africa who fight and kill among each other like a chess game run by the Europeans and the muslims. they should of gotten together and tell them to go to hell. America should of stayed with their indentured servant system. and kept the Africans in their land.

Allan Brem
Allan Brem
2 years ago

It must have been the luck of the draw I was born American. I certainly do not have the tolerance that is obviously required.

Russell
Russell
2 years ago

Keep your powder dry!!!

J. Farley
J. Farley
2 years ago

We need school choice in this country where you can send your children to a school you deem fits your thoughts and beliefs, contrary to what fat butt Hilary says it does not take a village to raise a child, it takes Two parents to raise a child, who has the best interest of their child and insuring they learn the facts.
Defund School Boards!
God Save America!

Deb Rockwell
Deb Rockwell
2 years ago

It is time for school vouchers to be used across the country. Parents can opt for a voucher worth whatever it costs for the state to pay for a student to go to a public school annually. Parents can apply that voucher to a private school of their choosing that aligns with their values. It’s time to take back control of the education system and this gives parents a real choice. I guarantee the private sector will do a better job with education anyway. We need to rally behind this idea in a big way.

Morbious
Morbious
2 years ago

Universal mandatory state funded education was a leftwing movement from the git. Horace Mann was one of the early exponents. He was a militant atheist and wanted to eliminate God from schools. When we were an agrarian people the progressive project was slow going. Kids learned only the basics and often dropped out to work on the farm. The thing about leftists though is that they never rest. They’ve convinced nearly everyone that state run education is wonderful, even if it means turning over what is most precious to others to have their minds formed. The only sure fix is home schooling. Even private religious schools are being infiltrated and overrun by the left.

Robin Walter Boyd
Robin Walter Boyd
2 years ago

When we distort history, we pervert the future. Prior to 1776, ancestors of today’s U.S. citizens were British citizens. Only telling parts of a story and interjecting legalities and perceptions for today’s citizenry destroys our ability to look at the past in order to build a better future.
One of the reasons the Hebrew Bible, Christian’s Old Testament, stands up to the changes in time is that in its telling of the historical relationship between God and the Hebrews, it tells both the good and the bad. Unlike what hateful, deceitful scholars are doing today with American history, the Bible does not have an agenda other than to tell us that we are part of a Universal nature that we need to abide by and that we will do good and bad because of the way we were created. Those who claim to not believe in God usually do not understand that “God” is simply a term used to describe the indescribable nature of that which was responsible for creating the Universe and its ability to change through natural evolutionary factors, weather cycles and all other physical laws of nature. Ironically, those who claim to not believe in God are those who behave as if they were themselves gods who can control nature. Controlling our understanding of history is the most arrogant form of control over all citizenry. We can no more make slavery an American White thing than we can make a silk purse from a sow’s ear.

Tim Toroian
Tim Toroian
2 years ago

Don’t they realize that 1776 was against stupidity? And I don’t mean the referenced organization.

George Washington's Admirer
George Washington's Admirer
2 years ago

Where; Oh Where Have I Been? ~ ‘The Naked Communist’. I just started to get the gist most recently. (A Week Ago Today.) “The ‘Jim Crow Era’ Statues have got to go.” They said this to tell us with their sanctimonious intent. You know the story: how everyone will be traumatized if said statues still dot the landscape; reminding us of history. However, the blacklisting did NOT stop there. Did it? Back To A Week Ago Today… The Writer of the Declaration of Independence and Third President of these United States was unceremoniously and stealthily removed out of New York City Hall!!! Perpetrators should hang their head in shame! So, these Dimwits are Communists; must they impose their socialist interior decorating techniques on the whole country? Anything, and everything is blacklisted. Dimwits/Communists go to Amazon; and try to censor books that do not agree with their communist tendencies. They publicly proclaim that Conservatives need to be educated and do not understand anything anyway. We need to be set straight by more understanding and insightful Commies! Really. They need to censor us and keep us from getting the ‘wrong ideas’. They have gone much too far! Yesterday my 1957 American Flag went up, I bought a set of books on Jefferson, subscribed to a conservative magazine, bought a book on President Washington, and enjoyed my brand new membership in the Republican Party. Again, Why Has It Taken Me So Long To See The Evil Intent of These Dimwits/ Communists?

Billy Brown
Billy Brown
2 years ago

Makes me want to start wearing a three cornered colonial hat! ????‍♂️ My country is waxing crazier and crazier, it seems the more outlandish the better these days!

GunRunner
GunRunner
2 years ago

Who was it that said, “The Tree of Freedom Must be watered With the Blood of Patriots and Tyrants!”? Looks like it’s getting to be time for another watering session…

Richard
Richard
2 years ago

Sick b**ds ruining this wonderful country!

Richard H Minetti
Richard H Minetti
2 years ago

Crazy b**ds don’t know when they are well off! They are ruining our wonderful country!

Richard H Minetti
Richard H Minetti
2 years ago

Gif forgive them for they know not what they do!

Richard H Minetti
Richard H Minetti
2 years ago

Dumb Iowans – keep out of what you don’t understand!

Wanda
Wanda
2 years ago

If these people are so unhappy in America….this is still a free country….they can go somewhere else like some of the communist countries so they can all be enslaved and happy. It is time for America to be split…..secession is in the winds….let these brain dead imbecilic morons have the blue states….the southern conservative, bible toting and gun carrying states can make their country great again without all of these communists…and we will take the Constitution and all the statutes with us because no one is using them anymore. Just read where the Salvation Army has become WOKE and want all whites to apologize to the black communities for their racism ….. WTF? Talk about shooting your organization in the foot. I have nothing to apologize for….the blacks have been given more in America than any other race….it started with LBJ….they were given free medical (Medicaid), free or almost free housing, food stamps to feed them…..is there another race that has been given these things. As far as I am concerned 625,000 young white men died to give them freedom from slavery….I think that is payment enough.

Mike B.
Mike B.
2 years ago

Bottom line : Leave this country, and start your own left wing , marxist, communist, climate change, no fossil fuel, men having babies, mask wearing, ending small businesses, men in woman’s sports, racist rhetoric, open boarders, defunding the police, vaccination mandated, free health care for immigrants, $450,000 for immigrants, Antifa , BLM , high gasoline prices, electric cars no one can afford, leaving Americans in Afghanistan, mainstream media b.s , looting, burning, murdering police officers, no bail for criminals, urbanization of the suburbs, tax raising COUNTRY !!!

Don W.
Don W.
2 years ago

When “Americans” start trying to rewrite the history of this great country in order to defame it, these people are no longer “Americans” but enemies of the state and deserve to be treated as such!

GTPatriot
GTPatriot
2 years ago

As long as the “woke” crowd persists in mere parades and signs, they will remain the jokes
they are. Every day progressives prove their only weapon is a loud mouth. Sad, really

GTPatriot
GTPatriot
2 years ago

Why don’t these state-side communists leave so we can accept the millions of illegals
trying to get here. Maybe these who are ashamed of the U.S. ( America ? who cares ?
I’m all about the U.S.) should move to the border and wave signs stating “WARNING. YOU
ARE ABOUT TO ENTER THE HIDEOUS U.S.”

Lynn
Lynn
2 years ago

The roving bands of anarchists and others who hate this country are professionals, for the most part and some useful idiots. They probably are paid by Soros and others. Most don’t work or own businesses. Their jobs are to destabilize our country and have been for years. OUR side needs to have people like that who can move on a dime to advertise OUR wants. We need to be less reactive and more proactive. They never stop. Neither can we.

Karen
Karen
2 years ago

SICK, SICK, PEOPLE.

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