Petula Dvorak
Columnist at The Washington Post
Columnist for The Washington Post, off-balance mother of two, forever searching for comfortable heels and really good tomato soup.
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Trump says he’s erasing ‘shame.’ Critics say he’s hiding historic truths. (washingtonpost.com) Trump says he’s erasing ‘shame.’ Critics say he’s hiding historic truths. By Petula Dvorak 2025041110003500 A section of Arlington National Cemetery's website highlighting African American military heroes is gone. Maj. Lisa Jaster was the first woman to graduate from the Army's Ranger School.
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washingtonpost.com | Petula Dvorak
Sen. Strom Thurmond took a long steam bath to dehydrate his body for what he was about to do on a sticky August night in 1957. The Civil Rights Act was about to pass and Thurmond, a Democrat from South Carolina who was an unabashed segregationist, broke with the Southern Democratic ranks to stand alone and speak — for 24 hours and 18 minutes — against it. That record stood until 8:05 p.m. on April 1, when Sen.
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Why FDR’s four-term presidency led us to the 22nd Amendment (washingtonpost.com) Why FDR’s four-term presidency led us to the 22nd Amendment By Petula Dvorak 2025033122475200 The nation was traumatized and searching for comfort in 1940.
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spokesman.com | Petula Dvorak
President Donald Trump issued an executive order Thursday evening promising to eliminate “divisive narratives” from the Smithsonian Institution’s museums and restore “monuments, memorials, statues, markers” that have been removed over the past five years. The “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” order directs Vice President JD Vance to eliminate what he finds “improper” from the Smithsonian Institution, including its museums, education and research centers, and the National Zoo.
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Trump says he’s erasing ‘shame.’ Critics say that’s hiding truths. https://t.co/ucOP5uqsQk
April 10, 1925 — The Sam Browne belt was again controversial #100yearsagotoday. Named for the British officer who wore it to stabilize the sword at his left side, American soldiers used it in WW 1, but it was officially renamed. Hello, “Liberty Belt.” #retropolis https://t.co/D0zxQTQpxH
April 7, 1925 — The ad folks made the case #100yearsagotoday that having a $60 Corona typewriter at home is the sure path the marital bliss. #retropolis https://t.co/oJtz3ZdbKH