{"id":2587,"date":"2026-06-23T22:38:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T22:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2587"},"modified":"2026-06-23T22:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T22:38:17","slug":"opposition-mounting-over-orders-targeting-disparaging-national-park-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2587","title":{"rendered":"Opposition mounting over orders targeting \u2018disparaging\u2019 national park signs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>KEY POINTS<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstall signage about slavery and climate change in public places.<\/li>\n<li>A YouGov poll found a vast majority of Americans say it&#8217;s important to include the country&#8217;s full history in national parks.<\/li>\n<li>Conservation groups sued the Interior Department over lack of transparency regarding the signage decisions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Trump administration\u2019s effort to \u201crestore sanity to American history\u201d by removing signs, exhibits or various other installations from public lands and institutions that it considers \u201ccorrosive\u201d or \u201cdisparaging\u201d ran into a roadblock in the weeks leading up to the nation\u2019s 250th birthday. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2585\">Utah\u2019s biggest solar farm comes alive in Emery County<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A federal judge in Massachusetts last week barred the Department of the Interior from removing exhibits or signage from nations parks, effective immediately. The judge also ordered that the history taken down since the executive and secretarial orders were issued in March 2025 \u2014 at least  about slavery, climate change and the mistreatment of Native Americans \u2014 be reinstalled. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlaintiffs have demonstrated a likelihood that defendants\u2019 efforts, ostensibly taken in the name of restoring dignity, instead seek to rewrite the nation\u2019s history with a white-out pen,\u201d U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley wrote in the . <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHistory cannot be faithfully told while excluding the experiences of communities whose contributions, struggles and achievements form an important part of our nation\u2019s story.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>There was a similar case in Philadelphia where the court ruled with the White House, and with other litigation pending, it\u2019s unclear how binding the decision will be. But that court\u2019s ruling was one of several data points that surfaced recently regarding the ongoing debate about the portrayal of American history. <\/p>\n<p>A public opinion poll and a study of public comments showed overwhelming support for not altering the history in public spaces, as did another lawsuit.<\/p>\n<h3>What was the Trump administration directive? <\/h3>\n<p>In March 2025, the Trump administration issued an executive order directing various government entities \u2014 such as the Smithsonian Museum and the Department of the Interior \u2014 to \u201crestore federal sites dedicated to history, including parks and museums, to solemn and uplifting public monuments that remind Americans of our extraordinary heritage.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The document accused the Biden administration of imposing \u201cthis corrosive ideology,\u201d that \u201cpromoted narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>As such, rather than \u201ccontent that inappropriately disparage(s) Americans past or living,\u201d those institutions were to \u201cfocus on the greatness of the achievements and progress of the American people or &#8230; the beauty, abundance, and grandeur of the American landscape.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Subsequent to the White House\u2019s order, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum issued an order to restore \u201ctruth and sanity\u201d to American history.<\/p>\n<p>Both orders required agencies to conduct an analysis of signage and replace anything that fit into what one lawyer referred to as \u201cvery nebulous requirements.\u201d <\/p>\n<h3>9 in 10 Americans want the uncomfortable history to remain <\/h3>\n<p>The Trust for Public Land  conducted by YouGov that showed overwhelming support for public lands to tell \u201cthe full American story,\u201d rather than leaving out unsavory parts.<\/p>\n<p>Some 88% of Americans completely or somewhat agree that it\u2019s important to preserve a more complete cultural history in the country\u2019s outdoor spaces. That includes the difficult facts about slavery, climate change and the mistreatment of Native Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Even when 2024 Trump voters are pulled from the sample, 84% agreed. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe majority of us by a lot \u2014 by a lot \u2014 want to say, \u2018No, let\u2019s tell the whole story,\u2019\u201c said Jocelyn Imani, senior director of Black History &amp; Culture for Trust For Public Land. <\/p>\n<h3>What are the parameters for what stays or goes? <\/h3>\n<p>The language in the executive order is declarative, but it can be interpreted to mean different things depending on a person\u2019s perspective. There are no specific parameters that have been released to the public that make clear which signs or exhibits should be taken down or left up. <\/p>\n<p>That confusion over who decides what is corrosive or disparaging is at the heart of a lawsuit recently filed by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2583\">455 people charged for alleged $6.5B health care fraud<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After nine months of failed Freedom of Information Act requests to find out how those decisions were made, PEER sued the Interior Department.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe public has a right to know who inside this administration is deciding what version of American history gets told at our national parks and other public lands, and on what basis,\u201d Tony Irish, PEER\u2019s senior council, said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead, the Office of the Secretary (of the Interior) has spent nearly a year stonewalling a simple records request.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Irish pointed out that the only information shared has been about the national park system which has been the focus of the media and legal challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main driver in this lawsuit is the fact that these actions have been directed not just against the Park Service, where we\u2019ve seen a lot of moves already, but also against the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Bureau of Reclamation,\u201d he told the Deseret News. \u201cGetting insight into what is going on on those perhaps lesser known to many, but no less important, lands is very important.\u201d <\/p>\n<h3>What did the public comments show? <\/h3>\n<p>QR codes were installed at national parks that asked the public to inform the administration if they encountered a sign or installation with a \u201cdisparaging\u201d message about parts of American history. <\/p>\n<p>In May, the Interior Department released more than 35,000 comments as a result of Freedom of Information Act requests by KOAA News in Colorado. <\/p>\n<p>After reviewing the tens of thousands of responses that were received within 475 national park units, the Center for Western Priorities \u2014 a conservation advocacy group \u2014 found only 47 comments flagged a sign for removal. <\/p>\n<p>Of the responses, almost 10,000 were classified as \u201cgeneral opposition to the order.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese comments pass the vibe check with flying colors. Americans support our parks and the stories they tell, and they aren\u2019t happy about the Trump administration\u2019s efforts to rewrite history,\u201d said Lilly Bock-Brownstein, the author of the report. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of helping Trump censor our national parks, visitors used the comment form to tell the Trump administration to respect our parks or get lost.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>\u2018For we\u2019s sake\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Irish said that the way the orders were written opens the doors for them to be broadly interpreted. Depending on what words are considered \u2014 corrosive, oppressive, disparaging \u2014 and by whom, they could be adopted in reference to many different parts of the nation\u2019s history. <\/p>\n<p>While they are being applied to slavery and the mistreatment of Native Americans, they could easily be directed towards other moments in the last 250 years. <\/p>\n<p>For Imani, she understands the issue as a matter of faith and said that it\u2019s an opportunity for people to act out of a sense of love. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t actually need you to care about me for \u2018me\u2019s sake,\u201d she said. \u201cI need you to care about me for \u2018we\u2019s sake,\u2019 &#8230; let\u2019s think about all of us. Please.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2581\">Trump to attend World Cup final<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why did Trump remove history from national parks? 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