National Parks Now Prioritize Trump’s Birthday

National parks cut free entry for MLK Day, add Trump's birthday

NPS changed its free admission days in 2026, removing MLK Day and Juneteenth while adding Trump's birthday.

National Parks Drop Free Entry on Juneteenth, MLK Day

National Park Service Grants Free Access on Trump's Birthday—And Ends It for Juneteenth, MLK Day

Critics have ripped the decisions as "truly disgusting" and "literally the sort of thing dictators do."

National Parks Now Prioritize Trump’s Birthday

"The Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday," SFGate reports."Now, visitors to the 116 parks that charge entrance fees will no longer get in for free on MLK

National Parks Now Free on Trump’s Birthday, but Not on Black Holidays

The Trump administration removed free national park access on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth, while adding it for President Trump’s birthday. Now two federal holidays that celebrate Black American history will be ticketed—from around $3 to $30—while Trump’s birthday on June 14 is free entry. This change, first reported by SFGATE, is emblematic of the small-scale, antagonistic ways in which Trump wages his MAGA culture war on any feder…

Trump admin removes MLK Day, Juneteenth from National Parks fee-free days

The Trump administration has dropped Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the fee-free days at National Parks for 2026.