Zane Irwin, KCUR ; Director of Eisenhower Library in Kansas ousted after refusing to give Trump administration a sword
[Kip Currier: Do we want Presidents making gifts of the archival, museum, and library artifacts that belong collectively to the American people?
Do the benefits of the gifting of a sword from the Eisenhower Presidential Library to the King of England outweigh the downsides of giving away an artifact from an historic collection and site?]
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"The former director of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene, Kansas, said on Thursday that he was told to “resign or be fired” from his post after refusing to give the Trump administration a historic sword.
Todd Arrington’s resignation came shortly after Arrington refused to relinquish one of President Eisenhower’s swords from the museum’s collection. President Trump’s administration wanted to give one of the artifacts as a gift to King Charles III on Trump’s most recent state visit to the United Kingdom.
Arrington said his direct superior informed him on Monday evening that he would be asked to resign. The supervisor, who Arrington declined to name, said he was passing down orders from unknown higher-ups."
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