US EditionFrom Slavery to Pollution, National Park Employees Flagged Material Deemed 'Disparaging' to US
The review, mandated by a March executive order, targets materials that could disparage Americans, with removal scheduled by September 17, 2025, officials said.
- On July 18, 2025 the National Park Service was directed to flag 'inappropriate' signs and exhibits following President Donald Trump's executive order to prevent disparaging public property.
- The Interior Department said the administration would remove all material deemed 'inappropriate', and Elizabeth Peace, Interior Department spokesperson, said parks would evaluate signage with public feedback.
- At Sitka National Historical Park an employee flagged a panel about missionaries erasing the Sheet'ka Kwaan language and forced removals, while Charles Pinckney marked Harriet Jacobs's slavery book and Everglades noted urbanization as disparaging despite protecting 1.5 million acres.
- The directive has raised concerns that scholars and advocates say removing these stories disservices national parks' cultural value, while Cedric Haynes, vice president of policy and legislative affairs, NAACP, stresses naming slavery's perpetrators matters.
- After employees flagged material, Carlos Martinez, climate scientist, Union of Concerned Scientists, said removing pollution and climate content limits public learning and action, especially among youth.
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The Baltimore Sun
From slavery to pollution, National Park employees flagged material deemed ‘disparaging’ to US
By DORANY PINEDA The Trump administration is reviewing material about slavery, the destruction of Native American culture, climate change and more at federal parks after employees flagged information that could be “disparaging” to Americans, according to screenshots shared with The Associated Press. President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March directing the Interior Department — which manages parks, monuments and other designated la…
Trump is scrubbing slavery from our historical sites
Charleston, S.C. • Charles Pinckney’s stature in American history, sufficient to merit his own National Park Service site near Charleston, S.C., has little to do with his enslavement of scores of people to grow rice and indigo on his plantation, Snee Farm. Rather, Pinckney is best known as one of South Carolina’s four signatories to the Constitution, and later as the state’s governor and a member of Congress. So when one visits Snee Farm today, …
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From slavery to pollution, National Park employees flagged material deemed 'disparaging' to US
Does Florida’s Everglades National Park represent a slight to development in America? Does mentioning missionaries, who sought to destroy the language and culture of Alaska Natives, cast American history in a negative light?
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