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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(138,471 posts)
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 02:10 PM Saturday

Trump's changes to history at national parks must be undone, judge rules

President Trump's effort to rewrite the past at the country's museums, parks and landmarks was struck down on Friday, with a federal judge calling for the administration to restore changes already made at locations nationwide.

The preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley in Massachusetts also orders a pause on any additional changes, writing that the plaintiffs have shown these efforts are meant "to rewrite the Nation's history with a white-out pen."

"Under the guise of promoting American dignity, this Administration seeks to share a limited history by ordering the removal of all signs, displays, and interpretive exhibits at National Parks that do not align with its preferred narrative, thereby telling half-truths," Kelley wrote.

The Trump administration issued an executive order, entitled "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History," in March 2025 ordering national parks to not display elements that "inappropriately disparage Americans past or living."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trumps-changes-history-national-parks-151912310.html

"The US was a shithole before I was in charge", Donny Dementia.

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Trump's changes to history at national parks must be undone, judge rules (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Saturday OP
Good. Diamond_Dog Saturday #1
Very important malaise Saturday #2
Probably rife for yet more grift dickthegrouch Saturday #3
Correction: "The US became a shithole WHILE I was in charge." calimary Saturday #4
let's just fucking undo EVERYTHING he has done Skittles Saturday #5
Damn right.....he has fawking ruined EVERYTHING!!!!!!! a kennedy Saturday #6

dickthegrouch

(4,722 posts)
3. Probably rife for yet more grift
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 03:46 PM
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I hope the judge forbade the use of public funds to replace any damaged exhibits or signage, and to pay for the workers replacing them.

All that should be paid for as restitution by the individuals or organizations that perpetrated the vandalism in the first place.

The billionaires can ante up first.

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