07/10/2026
In 1925, more than 30,000 members of the Ku Klux Klan marched through Washington, D.C., largely unmasked.
On America’s 250th birthday, hundreds of masked white nationalists marched through the same city.
We appreciate the decrease in attendance.
But one is still too many.
And this is why we cannot erase history, no matter how uncomfortable it may be.
History is uncomfortable for a reason.
It teaches us.
It warns us.
It helps us recognize old ideas when they come marching back in new uniforms.
And masks.
We cannot sanitize the past just to make the present feel more comfortable.
As the saying goes, history may not repeat itself, but it often rhymes. And if we erase the parts of history that make us—or our children—uncomfortable, how will we recognize those rhymes when we hear them again?
The struggle is part of the story.
The resistance is part of the story.
The ugly parts are part of the story too.
History is INerasable.