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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Trump officials removed more than 50 park exhibits because they ‘disparaged Americans’ by talking about slavery

National parks under Donald Trump’s administration have removed more than 50 exhibits from at least 37 sites after the president ordered officials to take down any signs that “inappropriately disparage Americans past or living,” according to court filings.

An incomplete inventory of installations that were removed from public view or thrown out entirely also includes signage that officials said is “unrelated to beauty, abundance and grandeur of the natural landscape.”

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