{"id":1272,"date":"2025-08-22T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whattoseeinwashingtondc.com\/?p=1272"},"modified":"2025-08-22T08:41:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T13:41:19","slug":"the-smithsonian-needs-another-peter-parker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whattoseeinwashingtondc.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/22\/the-smithsonian-needs-another-peter-parker\/","title":{"rendered":"The Smithsonian Needs Another Peter Parker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When facing the task of rebuilding a Smithsonian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/03\/restoring-truth-and-sanity-to-american-history\/\">symbolizing inspiration and American greatness<\/a>, President Trump should find the next Peter Parker to serve as Smithsonian Regent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This photo, from 1880, depicts the Building Committee for the Smithsonian National Museum. 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As a Yale-educated eye surgeon, he opened the Ophthalmic Hospital in Canton to serve the Chinese with medicine and the gospel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Government also used Peter Parker as an emissary before we even had an Ambassador in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We need an accomplished, unapologetic, evangelical Christian on the Board of Regents again to push the Smithsonian back to greatness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, the National Museum building sits vacant. Many feel the Smithsonian has lost its way in the destructive swamp that is wokism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We need a Peter Parker to help us get back underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What&#8217;s the last great thing the Smithsonian has built? 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