The National Park Service (NPS) has revised its list of free admission days for 2026, adding President Donald Trump's birthday, 14 June, as a new fee-free day. The move has ignited immediate and significant controversy.
The addition comes at the expense of two federal holidays dedicated to racial equality and justice: Martin Luther King Jr Day and Juneteenth, both of which have been removed from the schedule. Critics immediately condemned the move. They called it a politically motivated and racially insensitive decision, designed to elevate the president at the expense of African American history.
