Groups Raise Concerns over Trump Administration Removing MLK Day, Juneteenth From National Park Free Entrance Days

Groups Raise Concerns over Trump Administration Removing MLK Day, Juneteenth from National Park Free Entrance Days

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Access to our national parks have been free on certain days, including Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the US. Late last year, the Interior Department removed MLK Day…

Trump Drops MLK Day From Free Park Access

(AURN News) — This Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Americans will not be able to visit national parks for free to mark the holiday with a hike or nature walk. That is because the Trump administration removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the National Park Service list of fee-free days. The move comes as the Trump administration continues what it has openly described as a war against diversity initiatives. In the first year of Presid…