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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Josh Marcus

Leaked government database shows Trump administration flagging national parks for being too historically accurate

The Trump administration has flagged hundreds of historically accurate materials at national parks around the country to make sure they comply with a presidential order that forbids “inappropriately” disparaging past and present Americans, according to a leaked database from government workers, who claim the files show the White House “censoring science and history.”

A group that said they were “civil servants on the front lines” posted the files online on Monday anonymously, sharing nearly 900 incidents where managers and other parks staff submitted questions about whether historical signs and gift shop items complied with Trump’s 2025 order to “restore truth and sanity to American history.”

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