A Trump Order Asked National Park Visitors to Flag 'Negative' Historical Info.
More than half of the 35,000 comments criticized the effort, while a watchdog group says at least 59 signs were removed or modified.
- An Associated Press analysis of 35,000 public comments released via a Sierra Club lawsuit reveals widespread backlash against the Trump administration's initiative to flag 'inappropriate content' at U.S. national parks.
- Interior Secretary Doug Burgum launched the program following President Donald Trump's 'Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History' order, targeting exhibits deemed 'negative about either past or living Americans.'
- Watchdog group Save Our Signs documented at least 59 modified or removed exhibits, including displays at Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park detailing the lives of nine enslaved individuals under George Washington.
- While an Interior spokesperson acknowledged that 'in many cases across the system, flagged materials remain unchanged,' critics labeled the tipline solicitation 'un-American' and a system for 'having Americans call in and snitch on each other.'
- Jenny McBurney, a government publications librarian at the University of Minnesota and part of Save Our Signs, stated, 'We hear from folks all over the country that history matters, that our national parks matter and that this is important to them.
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Most visitors who responded to the Trump administration’s request to report “negative" portrayals of Americans at U.S. national parks used the opportunity to criticize the effort itself.
A Trump order asked national park visitors to flag 'negative' historical info.
The Trump administration last year issued a plea to visitors at U.S. national parks: Report any displays or exhibits saying 'negative' things about Americans living in the past or present. But most people who responded instead weighed in to criticize the effort itself, according to an Associated Pre...
Theodore Roosevelt National Park visitors pushed back on request to report ‘negative’ signs about Americans
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