EO 14253 directs federally administered historical settings to prohibit exhibits related to historical and institutional racism, it bars the inclusion or mention of transgender women in American Women’s History Museum, and orders the reinstatement of any monuments, memorials, statues, and markers which were removed or changed in or after 2020. The impact of this EO is it will reduce Americans understanding of our complete history by significantly affecting the ability to present exhibitions and educational materials on race, gender, other critical aspects of American history. By restricting or discouraging content related to the histories of Black/African Americans, Indigenous peoples, women, LGBTQI+ communities, this order risks erasure of vital narratives that are essential to understanding the nation’s past and present. This order has implications for shaping our nation’s collective memory of important traumatic events such as scientific racism against current and formerly enslaved Africans and massacres of Indigenous populations. Removal of artifacts or evidence regarding historical events and distribution of resources will limit opportunities for explaining disparities in health, wealth or other socioeconomical markers experienced by populations today.