The Interior Department’s new “America the Beautiful” annual pass for U.S. national parks. (Department of Interior) The National Park Service has updated its policy to discourage visitors from defacing a picture of President Trump on this year’s pass. The use of an image of Trump on the 2026 pass — rather than the usual picture […]
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Confederate statue toppled during Black Lives Matter protests will be reinstalled
The statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate general and Freemason leader, was vandalized and taken down on Juneteenth in 2020. It is the only statue of a Confederate general in Washington, D.C.
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Asked to flag ‘negative’ National Park content, visitors gave their own 2 cents instead
Signs installed earlier in National Parks earlier in June asked for feedback on signs “that are negative about past or living Americans.” Comments viewed by NPR didn’t provide the requested feedback.
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NPS takes down web pages dedicated to transgender activists and LGBTQ history
This is part of an ongoing move by the federal government to remove and alter National Park Service webpages related to LGBTQ history.
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The surprising reason why the Park Service won’t count folks at Trump’s inauguration
The National Park Service stays out of the debates about crowd sizes — including for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
