"The National Park Service will offer free admission to U.S. residents on President Donald Trump's birthday next year - which also happens to be Flag Day - but is eliminating the benefit for Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth. The new list of free admission days for Americans is the latest example of the Trump administration downplaying America's civil rights history while also promoting the president's image, name, and legacy."
"The other days of free park admission in 2026 are Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Constitution Day, Veterans Day, President Theodore Roosevelt's birthday (Oct. 27) and the anniversary of the creation of the Park Service (Aug. 25). Eliminating Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth, which commemorates the day in 1865 when the last enslaved Americans were emancipated, removes two of the nation's most prominent civil rights holidays."
The National Park Service will offer free admission to U.S. residents on President Donald Trump's birthday (Flag Day) but removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the free-admission schedule, effective Jan. 1, 2026. The change adds other presidential and national observances such as Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Constitution Day, Veterans Day, Theodore Roosevelt's birthday, and the Park Service anniversary. The policy change coincides with higher admission fees for international visitors. Critics describe the elimination of two prominent civil rights holidays as downplaying civil rights history and warn that losing a free MLK Day will raise costs for volunteer service projects.
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