I Wish We’d Been Wrong on Disney, by Wes and Cari Clark

Thirty years ago, before the term “woke” was coined into the American lexicon, when “virtue signaling” was unknown, and when (mostly white) boys and men weren’t quite yet considered the root of all evil, the Disney corporation floated the idea of an American heritage theme park located a few miles from the Manassas, Virginia, battlefield memorial site.

This produced a huge outcry from residents — who did not want the traffic and commercialism such a theme park would bring — and serious objections from eminent historians, including David McCullough and Doris Kearns Goodwin. Surprised at the pushback and concerned about the poor performance of Euro Disney, the corporation backed off.  ….