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

"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. 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."

"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.""

"It comes as a federal judge on Monday ordered that an exhibit about nine people enslaved by George Washington must be restored at his former home in Philadelphia. The park service removed explanatory panels last month from Independence National Historical Park, the site where George and Martha Washington lived with nine of their slaves in the 1790s, when Philadelphia was briefly the nation's capital."

A Boston lawsuit alleges orders by President Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum forced National Park Service staff to remove or censor exhibits about slavery, climate change, civil rights, and Indigenous peoples. A Trump executive order told museums, parks and landmarks to avoid displays that "inappropriately disparage Americans past or living," and Burgum ordered removal of "improper partisan ideology" from federal exhibits. The suit asserts a federal review campaign led to removal of numerous interpretive materials representing core elements of the American experience. A federal judge ordered restoration of an exhibit about nine people enslaved by George Washington after panels were removed from Independence National Historical Park.

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