AMSI is working to reclaim America’s museums, memorials, and Quarter-Millennial anniversary for the American people.

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Having an Impact

  • Congressional Testimony on the Decline of the Smithsonian

    Jeff Anderson testified before Congress, succinctly explaining to the Committee on House Administration how the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History has strayed far from its intended purpose. Watch his testimony here.

  • AMSI Helps Reclaim President Washington’s Home

    Our Claremont Review of Books essay, “Hijacking America's Story,” prompted the Trump administration to redesign the anti-George Washington exhibit at the President's House Site at Independence Park in Philadelphia. The efforts were fraught with court battles and rogue judges, but the administration has been victorious, and the site how celebrates our history with richness, nuance, and clarity. Our RCP essay summarizes the outcome.

  • Clarence Thomas Quotes Jeff Anderson’s Constitutional Analysis

    Justice Clarence Thomas cites Jeff Anderson in a recent Supreme Court opinion (U.S. v. Hansen, p. 28 in the PDF (p. 4 in Justice Thomas’s concurring opinion)).

  • AMSI on The Andrew Klavan Show

    Jeff Anderson discusses the Left’s efforts to take over America’s museums and monuments, the upcoming Quarter-Millennial anniversary of American independence, and the need to get John Wayne’s American Freedom Train back on the tracks. Watch here.

  • "The clearest and best analysis...."

    …on what’s really causing the border crisis, tweeted Mollie Hemingway about “Border Crisis by Design.”

  • AMSI Interviews Ken Burns

    Jeff Anderson and John Fonte interview Ken Burns about his American Revolution documentary. Watch here.

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Featured Articles

  • The Smithsonian's Disdain for America

    The Wall Street Journal
    In her congressional testimony, Anthea Hartig, director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, didn’t address a single exhibit that opened in her 7-year tenure as director. So AMSI’s Jeff Anderson highlights what sorts of exhibits American taxpayers have been paying for on Hartig's watch. Read more.

  • A Win in Philadelphia for America’s Founders

    RealClearPolitics
    The Trump administration, sparked by AMSI’s having drawn attention to how George Washington was the most heavily criticized person at Independence Park, has now replaced the woke signs at the President’s House Site with highly informative, balanced, and nuanced panels. Read more.

  • The Numbers Behind Trump's Border Triumph

    City Journal
    The CBO says that more than 90% of the Trump administration’s success in reducing illegal immigration has come from limiting border crossings, rather than from deportations. Read more.

  • The Essence of America Is Freedom

    City Journal
    Contrary to popular belief, John Locke never spoke of “life, liberty, and property” in his Second Treatise; therefore, Thomas Jefferson didn’t depart from Locke in the Declaration. Rather, he succinctly and poetically captured Locke’s meaning—in the process conveying that the essence of America is freedom. Read more.

  • Congress Should Think Twice Before Messing With Our Clocks

    The Federalist
    Daylight Saving Time is actually a well-conceived idea that helps Americans enjoy summertime more fully, but year-round Daylight Saving Time would make winter mornings rather dark and depressing across America. Congress should leave well enough alone. Read more.

  • Hijacking America's Story

    Claremont Review of Books
    Rather than focusing on the watershed events of the George Washington and John Adams presidencies, the signage at Independence Park’s President’s House site focused almost exclusively on slavery. Read more.

  • Ken Burns’ "The American Revolution" Kicks Off the Quarter-Millennial Celebrations

    The Federalist
    Ken Burns’s new documentary provides a welcome focus on America’s fight for independence and, most importantly, reacquaints Americans with George Washington’s heroics.. Read more.

  • The Masking of America

    Claremont Review of Books
    ”Many Americans have been taught to believe that masks work—at least a little—and that wearing them comes at a minimal cost. Nearly the opposite is true.” Read more

Key Issues

  • American Way of Life

    American Way of Life

    Defend America’s history and heroes, principles and promise, and remarkable status as a nation conceived in liberty.

  • American Institutions

    Defend America’s governing institutions—as designed by our founders—in compelling and relevant terms.

  • Rule of Law

    Defend law and order in our cities and on our border.

  • Main Street Economics

    Focus on fixing what the federal government has broken, not on giving it more power and money.