As the solemn 25th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks approaches, a disturbing trend emerges: a calculated effort by progressive public schools and their allies in the corporate media to rewrite history. This isn't mere oversight; it's an ideological cleansing, reminiscent of the discredited 1619 Project, now deployed to scrub radical Islamic terrorism from the 9/11 narrative.

In the shadow of Washington, D.C., where Islamic terrorists flew an American Airlines plane into the Pentagon, Fairfax County Public Schools is demanding its educators refrain from associating the 9/11 attacks with Islam or Muslims. This outrageous six-page guidance letter further admonishes teachers not to "center the extremists or the acts of the extremists," according to a 7News report. The district advises instruction be "around your students’ needs and experiences," seemingly prioritizing ideological comfort over historical truth.

This is not merely academic; it’s an insult to common sense. Imagine telling teachers not to emphasize Germany's role in World War II or the Nazis' part in the genocide of Jews. Such directives are not about sensitivity; they are about reeducation programs designed to erase history for the sake of political agendas. They erase the memory of the 2,977 people brutally murdered by 19 Islamic jihadist hijackers, and the thousands more who have died from 9/11-related illnesses. They disrespect the scarred families and friends of those murdered by terrorists bound by a twisted, radical faith.

"What kind of message are you sending, especially to those children and those families who their parents were actually present during that tragedy, and then you’re just trying to sweep it under the rug or not include all the facts about it?" asked Stephanie Lundquist Arora, a Fairfax County parent and Federalist contributor, telling 7News, "It’s adding insult to injury."

Thanks to this insidious indoctrination, it’s not hard to foresee Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri being presented to future public school graduates as "freedom fighters," much like the antisemitic, Palestine First college campus set has framed the barbarians of Hamas.

Fairfax Public Schools, mirroring the morally bankrupt approach of some corporate media outlets like The New York Times, reserves its concern for families who "worry about sending their children to school each September 11th because of increased incidents of harassment, violence, and hate crimes experienced by Muslim Americans."

But what about the hate crimes committed against thousands of Americans on 9/11 by radical Islamists? What about the hate crimes committed against untold more—including Muslims—in Muslim countries by theocratic states enforcing Sharia Law? These inconvenient facts, crucial to understanding history, are conspicuously absent from the Fairfax County Public Schools’ guidance.

Amid this assault on truth, principled leaders are fighting back. Rep. Tom Tiffany, representing Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District, is calling on his state to mandate that taxpayer-funded schools include lessons on 9/11, explicitly detailing the terrorists who orchestrated it. "Twenty-five years ago, America was forever changed when terrorists attacked our country," Tiffany stated, emphasizing the need to "never forget the 2,977 innocent lives taken, the first responders who ran toward danger, the passengers of Flight 93 who fought back, and the Americans who answered the call to serve our country in the years that followed."

It is a frightening reality that approximately one-third of Americans were born after Sept. 11, 2001, many left ignorant about that terrifying day. While a majority of states require 9/11 instruction, Wisconsin currently does not. This educational void only makes the efforts of revisionists more dangerous.

Gordon Felt, whose brother Edward Felt tragically died on United Airlines Flight 93, articulated a profound anxiety this summer during a Flight 93 National Memorial program: "Even worse than getting started wrong or using inappropriate language is the total omission of telling the story. That’s our biggest fear." This anxiety is compounded by certain corporate media outlets actively attempting to remove the "terrorist" from 9/11.

Consider the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Last month, their "Senior Director of Journalistic Standards and Public Trust," Basem Boshra, issued a memo instructing CBC staff not to refer to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks as terrorist attacks. Instead, journalists were told to write that "the hijackings led to passenger jet crashes in Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania and Manhattan. The World Trade Center (WTC in second reference) was destroyed."

After an immediate and understandable outcry from both sides of the border, the CBC was forced to issue follow-up guidance, reversing its disgraceful stance.

Rachael Thomas, Conservative shadow minister for Canadian Identity and Culture, demanded Boshra's immediate termination, asserting, "Canadians deserve a public broadcaster that tells the truth: that terrorists attacked and murdered thousands of innocent people on 9/11 and they should have no difficulty saying so." Shockingly, the CBC refused to hold him accountable.

This deliberate attempt to sanitize history by schools and media is not merely an academic debate; it’s a direct assault on truth, accountability, and the memory of American lives lost to radical Islamic terrorism. Preserving the unvarnished truth of 9/11 is essential for national security, for understanding the threats we face, and for ensuring future generations uphold the common sense and courage that defines America. The America First movement stands firm against this dangerous revisionism, demanding that history, especially one so pivotal and painful, be taught with integrity, not ideological manipulation.