The Latest Breaking News from National Park Service

Trump administration is erasing history and science at national parks, lawsuit argues

Conservation and historical organizations are suing the Trump administration over National Park Service policies that the groups say erase history and science from America’s national parks

The Independent UK · Feb 17

US judge orders Trump administration to restore Philadelphia slavery exhibit

In ruling, judge cited quote from Orwell’s novel 1984 describing process by which authoritarians rewrite history

The Guardian - US · Feb 17

House renames press gallery after Frederick Douglass in bipartisan recognition of Black history

The press gallery overlooking the U.S. House chamber has been renamed after the prominent abolitionist Frederick Douglass

The Independent UK · Feb 12

Plaza Can Be Temporarily Closed for Construction, Without Violating First Amendment

The National Park Service had announced "a temporary closure of Columbus Circle" in D.C. for "the renovation of the fountain, cleaning of the statues, plaza and turf renovations to the park site."

Reason · Feb 9

As Trump-era cuts hollow out preservation, Black philanthropists step in to save history

Black donors step up as history funding disappears.

Axios · Feb 1

Trump now wants his triumphal arch to be 250ft tall, dwarfing other Washington, DC monuments

President said in December he hoped to start building within two months at Memorial Circle

The Independent UK · Jan 31

Judge calls Justice Department's statements on slavery exhibit display 'dangerous' and 'horrifying'

A federal judge warned Justice Department lawyers that they were making “dangerous" and “horrifying” statements when they said the Trump Administration can decide what part of history to display at National Park Service sites

The Independent UK · Jan 30

More signs about climate change and Native Americans are disappearing from National Parks at Trump’s order

‘We’re taking out all those sort of not-so-nice stories that have occurred in our nation’s history,’ one former park official said

The Independent UK · Jan 27

Philadelphia sues US government for removal of slavery-related exhibit

Display at President’s House site, residence to George Washington, had information on people enslaved by him

The Guardian - US · Jan 23

Philly officials suing after Parks Service removes slavery exhibit ‘presumably’ at the behest of Trump

Pennsylvania city files lawsuit seeking temporary injunction after information boards explaining the lives of George Washington’s slaves abruptly taken down without explanation

The Independent UK · Jan 23