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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Dharna Noor

Trump to attend opening of Roosevelt library amid overturning conservation efforts

A rendering of a building.
Renderings of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library. Photograph: Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library

Donald Trump will attend a ribbon cutting for the new Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library on Wednesday, touting the legacy of a president his own administration is attempting to destroy, critics say.

While in office from 1901 to 1909, Roosevelt established five new national parks, protected swaths of land and passed legislation enabling himself and future presidents to proclaim historic landmarks and other objects of historic or scientific interest in federal ownership as national monuments.

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