"WASHINGTON Conservation and historical organizations sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over National Park Service policies that the groups say erase history and science from America's national parks. A lawsuit filed in Boston says orders by President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum have forced park service staff to remove or censor exhibits that share factually accurate and relevant U.S. history and scientific knowledge, including about slavery and climate change."
"Separately, LGBTQ+ rights advocates and historic preservationists sued the park service Tuesday for removing a rainbow Pride flag from the Stonewall National Monument, the New York site that commemorates a foundational moment in the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement. The changes at exhibits came in response to a Trump executive order "restoring truth and sanity to American history" at the nation's museums, parks and landmarks. It directed the Interior Department to ensure those sites do not display elements that "inappropriately disparage Americans past or living.""
"Burgum later directed removal of "improper partisan ideology" from museums, monuments, landmarks and other public exhibits under federal control. The groups behind the lawsuit said that a federal campaign to review interpretive materials has escalated in recent weeks, leading to the removal of numerous exhibits that discuss the history of slavery and enslaved people, civil rights, treatment of Indigenous peoples, climate science, and other "core elements of the American experience.""
Conservation, historical and scientific organizations filed a lawsuit in Boston challenging National Park Service policies that they say erase history and science from national parks. The suit alleges orders from President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum forced staff to remove or censor exhibits presenting factually accurate information about slavery, climate change and other core elements of American history. LGBTQ+ advocates and preservationists separately sued over removal of a rainbow Pride flag from the Stonewall National Monument. A coalition including the National Parks Conservation Association, American Association for State and Local History, Association of National Park Rangers and Union of Concerned Scientists brought the case; a federal judge ordered restoration of an exhibit about nine people enslaved by George Washington in Philadelphia.
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