{"id":2608718,"date":"2026-05-31T07:47:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T11:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/smithsonian-accused-of-rewriting-nixon-history-with-false-impeachment-claim\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T07:48:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T11:48:28","slug":"smithsonian-accused-of-rewriting-nixon-history-with-false-impeachment-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/smithsonian-accused-of-rewriting-nixon-history-with-false-impeachment-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Smithsonian Accused of Rewriting Nixon History with False Impeachment Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsmithsonian-accused-of-rewriting-nixon-history-with-false-impeachment-claim%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2608718&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Smithsonian\u2019s National Portrait Gallery has been accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-bashing-lets-go-brandon-chant-breaks-out-at-morgan-wallen-concert\/\" title=\"Biden Bashing &#039;Let&#039;s Go Brandon&#039; Chant Breaks Out at Morgan Wallen Concert\">incorrectly stating<\/a> that President Richard Nixon was impeached in the biography label that accompanies Norman Rockwell\u2019s portrait in its \u201cAmerica\u2019s Presidents\u201d exhibit. The Richard Nixon Foundation\u2019s president and CEO, Jim Byron, argues that the text is wrong as Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974 before the House voted on any impeachment articles.<\/p>\n<p>Byron also claims the exhibit previously used a different label that did not contain this error, and he urged the gallery to correct it promptly. The article notes that the house Judiciary Committee did approve articles of impeachment in July 1974, but Nixon stepped down before a full House vote. The Smithsonian did not promptly respond to a request for comment.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Smithsonian may have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-say-bidens-female-led-comms-is-a-first-trump-has-that-now\/\" title=\"Media Say Biden&#039;s Female-Led Comms Is A First. Trump Has That Now\">falsely claimed<\/a> that President Richard Nixon was impeached in its new exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C.<\/p>\n<p>The gallery\u2019s \u201cAmerica\u2019s Presidents\u201d exhibit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/entertainment\/art\/2026\/05\/15\/smithsonian-portrait-gallery-presidents-is-back-open-mostly-intact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reopened<\/a> to the public on May 15 and includes a portrait of the 37th president by acclaimed American artist Norman Rockwell. Jim Byron, president and CEO of the Richard Nixon Foundation, wrote a letter to the gallery\u2019s acting director Elliot Gruber alleging that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stanford-law-school-promised-free-speech-training-it-delivered-a-campus-joke\/\" title=\"Stanford Law School pledged free speech training but ended up with a campus joke.\">biography accompanying<\/a> the portrait falsely states that Nixon was impeached, according to a copy of the letter Byron <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jimbyron_\/status\/2059700346147271075?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted<\/a> to X Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to Byron\u2019s letter, the biography says \u201cinvestigations into a break in at the Watergate complex and the subsequent cover up resulted in Nixon\u2019s impeachment on the charges of obstruction of justice, abuse of power, and contempt of Congress.\u201d The label correctly adds that the California Republican \u201cbecame the first President to resign.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, President Nixon was never impeached,\u201d Byron wrote in the letter. \u201cHe resigned on August 9, 1974 before the House of Representatives had voted on any article(s) of impeachment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the Democratic-controlled House Judiciary Committee in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/documents\/articles-impeachment-adopted-the-house-representatives-committee-the-judiciary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 1974<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/constitution.congress.gov\/browse\/essay\/artII-S4-4-7\/ALDE_00000695\/#ALDF_00014040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">adopted<\/a> three articles of impeachment against Nixon in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, Nixon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/national\/longterm\/watergate\/articles\/080974-3.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">resigned<\/a> less than two weeks later \u2014 before the House could vote on the articles,<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I trust that the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/smithsoniannpg?\">@smithsoniannpg<\/a> will take immediate steps to correct this mistake, lest its many visitors are misled about the 37th President. \u2b07\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kyBOIYS6Y7\">pic.twitter.com\/kyBOIYS6Y7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Byron (@jimbyron_) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jimbyron_\/status\/2059700346147271075?\">May 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Byron alleged that the exhibit\u2019s \u201cearlier, replaced, label did not include this error.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI trust you will take immediate steps to correct this mistake, lest the many visitors to the handsome new gallery are misled about the 37th President,\u201d the Richard Nixon Foundation\u2019s CEO added.<\/p>\n<p>Byron led the foundation on and off from November 2021 and had previously served as the senior advisor to the Archivist of the United States during the second Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>The Richard Nixon Foundation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nixonfoundation.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">states<\/a> on its website that it is \u201cCarrying the legacy and vision of President Richard Nixon into the 21st century.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Smithsonian\u2019s National Portrait Gallery did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >nonpartisan newswire service<\/a>, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. 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