Each month, the Rev. Robert Turner walks 43 miles from his home in Baltimore to Washington. He does it, in part, to raise awareness about an executive order President Donald Trump signed in March targeting the Smithsonian Institution.

The order, titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” forbids the Smithsonian from promoting “narratives that portray American and western values as inherently harmful and oppressive.” It also prohibits “exhibits or programs that degrade shared American values, divide Americans based on race, or promote programs or ideologies inconsistent with federal law and policy.”

“It is asking, broadly speaking, museums to remove what they deem partisan material that undermines, vilifies or marginalizes various groups,” said Sybil Roberts, a professor at

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