⚔️Defense Secretary Hegseth removes Tuskegee Airmen and Colin Powell from Pentagon displays
Civil Rights
Historical Precedent
National Security
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a "passive approach" to Juneteenth while scrubbing Tuskegee Airmen, General Colin Powell, and hundreds of minority veterans from Pentagon websites and Arlington Cemetery.
Review Topic
Test your knowledge with interactive questions
10 questions
5:00
22 available
Key Takeaways
Influential Figures
No influential figures found.
Some topics may not have prominent individuals directly associated.
Why This Matters
📚 Military History Whitewashing
Pentagon deliberately removing documented achievements of Black, Latino, and women veterans who bled for America
⚰️ Arlington Cemetery Desecration
Hiding educational content about buried heroes while claiming to honor their sacrifice
🚫 Juneteenth Suppression
Military brass refusing to acknowledge federal holiday celebrating end of slavery—on orders from draft dodger Trump
✊ Black Veterans Under Attack
Community leaders calling this "new Jim Crow" as government erases their service records
📷 26,000 Images Flagged
Mass deletion of photos showing diverse service members, including Medal of Honor recipients
What Others Are Asking
No Questions Yet
Be the first to ask
Detailed Content
1
What approach did Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's office request for Juneteenth 2025?
Multiple Choice
Civil Rights
2
Which military heroes' stories were scrubbed from Arlington Cemetery's website under Hegseth's orders?
Multiple Choice
Historical Precedent
3
What did Civil War historian Kevin Levin call Arlington Cemetery's erasure campaign?
Multiple Choice
Historical Precedent
4
How did Black veterans' organizations describe Hegseth's historical erasure campaign?
Multiple Choice
Civil Rights
5
What happened to Tuskegee Airmen content across military training and websites?
Multiple Choice
National Security
6
What happened to Pentagon content about Jackie Robinson's military service?
Multiple Choice
Historical Precedent
7
Which heritage celebrations did Hegseth ban from Pentagon recognition?
Multiple Choice
Civil Rights
8
What happened to some Medal of Honor recipients' recognition in the Pentagon purge?
Multiple Choice
Historical Precedent
9
11
Which high-ranking military leaders did Trump and Hegseth remove from the Joint Chiefs?
Multiple Choice
Government
12
13
How did Pentagon officials justify the historical erasure to the media?
Multiple Choice
Government
14
How might historical erasure affect military recruitment according to former intelligence officials?
Multiple Choice
National Security
15
What Civil War-era sites at Arlington Cemetery were hidden from public view?
Multiple Choice
Historical Precedent
17
What euphemism did Pentagon officials use to describe the mass removal of minority military content?
Multiple Choice
Media Literacy
18
What was significant about the Borinqueneers unit that was removed from Arlington's Hispanic American History section?
Multiple Choice
Historical Precedent
19
How did Latino veterans' organizations respond to the Arlington Cemetery erasure?
Multiple Choice
Civil Rights
20
The Pentagon flagged over 26,000 images and posts for removal as part of its DEI purge.
True/False
National Security
21
Arlington Cemetery removed lesson plans about United States Colored Troops who fought in the Civil War.
True/False
Historical Precedent