Trump Signs Executive Order Establishing ‘1776 Commission’ To Promote ‘Patriotic Education’

On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to establish the 1776 Commission to promote “patriotic education.”

According to the order, the commission is “to better enable a rising generation to understand the history and principles” of the United States’ founding in 1776 and to strive to “form a more perfect Union.”

The 20-member commission will comprise of presidential appointees and serve on the committee for two years unless extended. A report will be compiled “regarding the core principles of the American founding” and presented within one year of the commission’s establishment.

The order provides federal funding to agencies for promoting “patriotic education.”

The order calls for “a restoration of American education grounded in the principles of our founding that is accurate, honest, unifying, inspiring, and ennobling must ultimately succeed at the local level.” It seeks to empower parents and local school boards by giving “choice and variety in curriculum.”

“The recent attacks on our founding have highlighted America’s history related to race. These one-sided and divisive accounts too often ignore or fail to properly honor and recollect the great legacy of the American national experience,” the order says.

Trump talked about the idea in September. In a speech made around the same time, Trump accused Democrats and the New York Times’ “1619 Project” of promoting inaccurate United States history by focusing on race.

“The left has warped, distorted, and defiled the American story with deceptions, falsehoods, and lies,” he said. “There’s no better example than the New York Times’ totally discredited 1619 Project.”

“Just signed an order to establish the 1776 Commission. We will stop the radical indoctrination of our students, and restore PATRIOTIC EDUCATION to our schools!” the president tweeted Monday after signing the Executive Order.

Trump doubled-down on his achievement by publicizing the order at his Scranton, Pennsylvania rally.

“I just signed that executive order to teach your students pro-American values,” he told the crowd.