Montanans shrug at government request to report signage that 'rewrites' history

In the summer, QR codes were posted across public lands in the United States, including Montana, asking visitors to report any government signage that ran afoul of President Donald Trump’s executive order titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.”

The executive order describes how Americans have witnessed a “concerted and widespread effort to rewrite” U.S. history, replacing objective facts with ideologically driven narratives. The order directed Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum to ensure that all public properties within the Department of the Interior do not inappropriately disparage and offend Americans.

Instead, signage should focus “on the greatness of the achievements and progress of the American people.”

The QR codes posted on Bureau of Land Management properties asking Montanans to be a part of this effort to restore truth and sanity mostly met an unreceptive audience in the state, according to records from this summer obtained by the environmental group Sierra Club. All names were listed as anonymous in the obtained records.

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