Judge Orders Trump Administration to Restore National Park Changes at Sites that ‘Disparaged’ U.S.
The ruling requires the administration to restore materials on slavery, labor history and climate change and file weekly progress reports.
- On Friday, U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley issued a preliminary injunction ordering the Trump administration to restore exhibits and signs removed from national parks, halting further revisions while a legal challenge proceeds.
- Last year, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aiming to remove what he called "improper ideology" from federal sites, prompting the Interior Department to alter displays deemed to portray America negatively.
- Specific removals included exhibits on enslaved people at Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park, a sign featuring a Pride flag at Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument in Arizona, and labor history films at Lowell National Historical Park in Massachusetts.
- The Interior Department signaled plans to appeal the ruling, while Judge Kelley ordered the administration to provide weekly status reports detailing progress toward restoring the affected materials.
- Alan Spears, senior director at the National Parks Conservation Association, called the decision a "just ruling" that stops the sanitization of history, allowing visitors to access the full scope of American history.
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Judge Rules Trump Administration Cannot Erase Slavery and Climate Change History from National Parks
A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration cannot remove references to slavery and climate change from exhibits and signs in national parks. U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley issued a preliminary injunction on 12 June ordering the National Park Service to restore the materials nationwide and stop further changes. The decision followed a February lawsuit by conservation, historical and scientific organisations. They argued that the re…
Biden-appointed judge orders Trump administration to put back removed national park exhibits on slavery and climate change
A federal judge appointed by former President Joe Biden issued a preliminary injunction Friday compelling the Trump administration to restore exhibits and interpretive materials at national parks, materials the Interior Department had removed under a presidential directive targeting displays it deemed disparaging to America. U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley, who sits in Massachusetts and joined...
Trump Administration Ordered To Restore Removed Exhibits At National Parks
Source: Heather Diehl / Getty Upon taking office for his second term, one of President Donald Trump’s first actions was to sign an executive order aimed at removing “improper ideology” from national parks and the Smithsonian museums. So basically, any exhibits that acknowledge America was built by slave labor on stolen land. That effort has hit a roadblock after a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration must restore all exhibits that w…
Judge orders Trump administration to restore National Park changes at sites that ‘disparaged’ U.S.
A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to restore sites changed under an executive order calling for the nation’s museums, parks and landmarks to not display elements that “inappropriately disparage Americans past or living.” Read more...
Trump asked national park visitors to snitch on 'negative' history — it completely backfired
When the Trump administration asked visitors to U.S. national parks last year to report “negative” historical information about either past or present Americans they saw on displays or exhibits, the public certainly responded.
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