What the Freedom Trucks don’t say about American history speaks volumes

By: Rick Snedeker

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: July 29, 2026

Words: 780

Last Updated: 5 days ago

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Some red flags had already popped up in my mind when I visited the Freedom Truck on July 11 in Huron during its three-day stop in that typical, small, welcoming South Dakota city.

But after I experienced it, despite its beautiful, engaging, and by-and-large historically accurate and straightforward design, I soon realized how subtly insidious the mostly federally funded mobile History Truck initiative is, as it aims to airbrush all the most appalling and …

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