this Trump administration A court document released on June 17 shows that 57 exhibits, signs, books and other materials were removed from national parks and monuments across the United States. The removal is part of a broader government effort to eliminate content that officials say does not focus on the park’s natural beauty or “disparages Americans past or present.”
The court documents come after a federal judge ordered the government to accurately disclose materials removed from parks and monuments across the country. June 12, us District Judge Angel Kelly issued a preliminary injunction blocking the government’s attempts to change the national park’s historical and educational content.
Materials removed from national parks
Some of the removed material touched on topics such as slavery and climate change and has been on display in parks and monuments across the country. According to court documents, many of the items that were removed were educational displays, interpretive signs and printed materials used by visitors to learn about history and culture.
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Complete list of 57 items removed from national parks and monuments
- Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area – “Guide to the Gap” park brochure
- Gateway National Recreation Area – Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge VC Exhibit
- Colonial National Historical Park – General Assembly Road
- Acadia National Park – Exhibits at the Nature Center
- Acadia National Park – Tripod at Cadillac Mountain
- Acadia National Park – Tripod in the Great Meadow
- Acadia National Park – Schoodic Institute exhibit
- Independence National Historical Park – Portrait Description
- Cape Cod National Seashore – Four Roadside
- First State National Historic Park – Caesar Rodney Exhibit
- George Washington Memorial Parkway – Tribal Land Acknowledgment Posted
- National Mall and Memorial Park – George Mason Way
- National Mall and Memorial Park – African American Civil War Memorial Roadside
- National Mall and Memorial Park-Roosevelt Memorial Display Panel
- George Washington Memorial Parkway – Great Falls Sign
- Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument – Roadside Information
- Carter Woodson Home National Historic Site – Short Video
- Carter Woodson House National Historic Site – Video
- Big Cypress National Preserve – Roadside Mangroves
- Blue Ridge Parkway – Curbside
- Buck Island Reef National Monument – Junior Ranger Books
- Cane River Creole National Historical Park – Temporary Exhibits at the Visitor Center
- Cane River Creole National Historical Park – Display Panel
- Castillo San Marcos National Monument – Display Board
- Castillo San Marcos National Monument – Display Board
- Charles Pinckney National Historic Site – Sign
- Christiansted National Historic Site – Movie
- Christiansted National Historic Site – Movie
- Cumberland Gap National Historical Park – Publications
- Fort Raleigh National Historic Site – Young Ranger Book
- Fort Raleigh National Historic Site – Roadside
- Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park – Bottle Sign
- Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park – Roadside
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park – Indoor Exhibit
- Guilford Courthouse National Military Park – Visitor Center Display Board
- Gulf Islands National Seashore – Exhibition
- Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve – Roadside
- Mammoth Cave National Park – Visitor Center Display Board
- Medgar and Miley Evers House National Monument – Junior Ranger Books
- Natchez Trail Parkway – Roadside
- Okmulgee Mounds National Historical Park – Site Announcements
- Timkuan Ecological and Historic Preserve – Visitor Center Display Board
- Virgin Islands National Park – Roadside
- Virgin Islands National Park – Roadside
- Muir Woods National Monument – Sign (Reason – Demeaning America’s past or present)
- Muir Woods National Monument – Flag (reason – has nothing to do with the beauty, richness and grandeur of the natural landscape)
- Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Reserve – Display Board
- Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore – Roadside
- Grand Teton National Park – Display Board
- Sunset Crater National Monument – Display Board
- Rock Creek Park – Roadside
- Natchez Trail Parkway – Display Board
- Natchez Trail Parkway – Curbside
- Natchez Trail Parkway – Roadside/Signs
- Natchez Trail Parkway – Roadside
- Natchez Trail Parkway – Site Announcements
- Independence National Historic Site – Presidential Residence Site Exhibition Panel
Trump executive order explained
The removal is related to an executive order signed by President Donald Trump in the early months of his second term. executive order instructions federal officials Reviewing monuments, memorials, statues and related materials across the country, USA Today reported. The order calls for the removal of language the administration says supports a “revisionist movement” in U.S. history. The movement views American history as inherently racist, sexist, oppressive or fundamentally flawed, according to the government.
The legal battle over the removal continues, but newly released court documents provide the first detailed public list of 57 exhibits, signs, books and materials removed from the national park under government policy.
