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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBREAKING: parks must post signs that encourage guests to report any information that is critical of American history
The order requires signs throughout the parks to have the following message:
(Name of property) belongs to the American people, and (name of land management bureau) wants your feedback. Please let us know if you have identified (1) any areas of the (park/area, etc. as appropriate) that need repair; (2) any services that need improvement; or (3) any signs or other information that are negative about either past or living Americans or that fail to emphasize the beauty, grandeur, and abundance of landscapes and other natural features.
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The Trump administration is enlisting national park visitors into the Republican presidents fight to rewrite American history, with a new directive that forces all park units to display signs that encourage guests to report any information that is critical of American history.
On May 20, U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum directed all park units to display the signs to comply with President Donald Trumps earlier executive order, which claims that U.S. history has been distorted by ideology and seeks to counter what it describes as revisionist narratives that portray the countrys past in a negative light.
Burgums order directs federal agencies and cultural institutions to remove content that inappropriately disparage[s] Americans past or living, and to instead highlight the nations progress and achievements. It also calls for the removal of what it terms improper ideology from museums, monuments and public exhibits under federal control.
In a statement released in March, the American Historical Association, or AHA, condemned the order, defending the importance of historical integrity in public institutions and places. Thirty-six other organizations also signed on to the AHA statement.
The stories that have shaped our past include not only elements that make us proud but also aspects that make us acutely aware of tragedies in our nations history, they wrote. No person, no nation, is perfect, and we should all as individuals and as nations learn from our imperfections.
https://www.sfgate.com/california-parks/article/national-parks-negative-history-trump-20343308.php
Burgum's order implements President Donald Trump's executive order called "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History," which aims to remove any stories or information that "inappropriately disparage Americans past or living (including persons living in colonial times)" from national parks and monuments.
The parks in question include many historic locations central to slavery, Civil War battles, the imprisonment of Japanese Americans, and other ugly chapters of American history.
Denver7 reached out to the National Parks Conservation Association, the 100-year-old nonprofit created to protect America's national park system. President and CEO Theresa Pierno called Secretary Burgum's order "outrageous" and "frightening."
"A lot of our history is difficult to hear, but these are the places where people are educated about many issues in our past, and it's so important," said Pierno. "How do you tell that story accurately, but you can't describe anything that might negatively impact the history? History is full of good and bad, and mistakes were made. And we try to understand that history so we don't repeat those mistakes."
https://www.denver7.com/news/national-politics/interior-secretary-orders-signs-to-flag-negative-depictions-of-u-s-history-at-national-parks

Irish_Dem
(70,219 posts)Paladin
(30,589 posts)JustAnotherGen
(35,202 posts)On the left of the political spectrum . . . this is precisely what they want.
White male centered messaging and narratives to bring young white men into the tent.
For those Leftists that believe in that? This is what it looks like. Just go along to get along and don't question it.
Meanwhile? This elderly (52 years old) out of touch Black Woman is sitting over here smirking.
Irish_Dem
(70,219 posts)And let men run wild while the women pick up the pieces.
Some things never change.
Attilatheblond
(6,023 posts)Lying is not honorable. Lying about actual history is dishonorable to the 9th degree.
Irish_Dem
(70,219 posts)MLWR
(354 posts)brush
(60,063 posts)All it takes is to report one anti-DEI POC person and we'll rush your card in the mail.
Irish_Dem
(70,219 posts)brush
(60,063 posts)NJCher
(40,236 posts)Rewriting history will backfire.
The very idea of truth and sanity in an executive order by the biggest liar in history has me in gales of laughter.
NJCher
(40,236 posts)Posting signs of the Capitol Riot on Jan. 6. Ah, the grandeur.
no_hypocrisy
(51,711 posts)those nasty stockades?
Demovictory9
(35,956 posts)environmental history, loss of animal or plant species as stuff they don't want discussed at parks.
My local parks always have sign about the birds seen in the lake. I'd guess they'd want a report if a sign said "in 1800s there were millions of xxx geese, now only 100,000 visit....". that implies humans did something bad environmentally.
The Madcap
(1,200 posts)Not "focus," but "goal."
Diamond_Dog
(37,163 posts)historical plaques on homes that are already identified as part of the Underground Railroad ..
mahatmakanejeeves
(64,793 posts)Im on a phone, so checking isnt easy.
Wasnt that all set up by the Rockefeller family?
And good morning.
no_hypocrisy
(51,711 posts)Williamsburg Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. It was designated a National Historic Landmark District on October 9, 1960. (Doesn't mean it's a national park.)
https://www.nps.gov/places/williamsburg-va.htm
Colonial Willsburg (sic) is not a national park. It is maintained by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
https://www.fodors.com/community/united-states/national-parks-pass-and-williamsburg-525180/
Today, like all days, I learn something new and valuable on DU.
Thanks for the heads up!
Liberal In Texas
(15,257 posts)They can't mention what he did just before that.
Hugin
(36,153 posts)
Only a few years ago, that would have been labeled woke censorship. But, now, its what is for supper.
Vinca
(52,113 posts)JohnnyRingo
(19,947 posts)"The Grand Canyon by Donald Trump".
"Donald J Trump Petrified Forest"
"Trump Nigra Falls" (of course he would misspell it)
It's ridiculous, but he keeps lowering the bar.
Diamond_Dog
(37,163 posts)to that idiot who wanted to re- name Mosquito Lake Lake Trump
Doodley
(10,974 posts)little manchild who is scared somebody might say something bad about him), and Viagra Falls (a pic of a Trump with a tiny mushroom).
moniss
(7,357 posts)Custer was a wonderful, brave and noble man.
Scrivener7
(55,834 posts)dem4decades
(12,811 posts)J_William_Ryan
(2,769 posts)Whitewashing history in an effort to advance nationalist mythology is fundamentally fascist.
And as correctly noted, Trumps scheme to rewrite history will fail.
OldBaldy1701E
(7,968 posts)Pointing those out is not 'disparaging' nor is it 'critical'.
It is the truth. They want to hide the truth.
Now, what kind of regime wants to hide reality and truth from the public?
Hmm...
Bernardo de La Paz
(56,077 posts)mdbl
(6,571 posts)They one-up themselves.
Timeflyer
(3,185 posts)Resistance now, truth matters.
Paladin
(30,589 posts)I wish these fascist assholes were half as charitable to Joe Biden as they are our nation's checkered past.
malaise
(284,617 posts)Last edited Sat May 24, 2025, 10:12 AM - Edit history (1)
The CONfed racists?
waterwatcher123
(354 posts)If so, real and AI generated visitors to sites like the National Mall can flood it with recommendations starting with the removal of a senile, tangerine tinted man who harasses people daily from his perch at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Mossfern
(3,880 posts)Are any of the MAGA supporters going to go up to people they overhear and ask for their name and address so they can be reported?
How is it going to work?
This is just another tactic to terrorize us.
muriel_volestrangler
(103,780 posts)"Each such sign shall include a QR code that links to a website managed by the land management Bureau, allowing the user to provide a written entry. "
https://www.doi.gov/document-library/secretary-order/so-3431-restoring-truth-and-sanity-american-history
GiqueCee
(2,289 posts)... are soiled and defiled when excreted from the puckered, anus-shaped mouth of the vilest excuse for a human being ever to befoul the Oval Office.
Articles of Impeachment should be handed up every day, with each day's latest stomach-churning outrages added to the seemingly endless list of crimes that the South End of a Northbound Yak has already committed in his frothing-at-the-mouth quest for absolute dominion over the lives of everyone in this country, and, indeed, the entire world.
He is a psychotic monster, and he has to be stopped.
PJMcK
(23,764 posts)70sEraVet
(4,545 posts)One small step for man; one giant goosestep for mankind.
tanyev
(46,564 posts)Donald Trump has Civil War plaque at his golf course commemorating battle that never happened
https://www.golfdigest.com/story/details-details-donald-trump-has-plaque-at-his-golf-course-commemorating-civil-war-battle-that-never-happened
BoRaGard
(5,625 posts)Do all the republicons want to go to Hell? Why do they piss all over the Ten Commandments?
CrispyQ
(39,714 posts)This is what really frightens me & I only became aware of just how bad it is, a few weeks before the election when I had an exchange with a maga relative, who I've always been fond of, & realized how completely & totally misinformed & uninformed he is. It was stunning! I knew it was bad but this was off the charts bad! No clue about Project 2025, but the Biden economy was one of the worst ever, people are pouring in over the southern border, & women aren't safe anywhere because of transwomen. Family members I've always admired & respected, & are college educated, are maga. It's hard to reconcile.
Raven123
(6,703 posts)Ok, I will post a sign that says xyz plant is is beautiful as Joe Biden. Are we good?
BoRaGard
(5,625 posts)He be such a delicate draft-dodging republicon, and all.
johnnyfins
(2,130 posts)at Gettysburg in 1863. The excavated slave quarters in Independence National Park, in Philadelphia, show how lavish the Slave accommodations actually were. Robert E Lee actually donated the land for Arlington National Cemetery. Lumpkin's jail in Richmond, VA was actually a retreat for African Americans before and during the Civil War.
allegorical oracle
(5,018 posts)that Custer lost the battle, there, to the Native Americans. Also, told them that Custer and every one of his soldiers survived.
PS: Plan to phone Everglades National Park and tell them to remove the negative signage that warns visitors about alligators. There are no alligators in the Everglades.
LS0999
(187 posts)They should tell Trump to take his order and shove it up his f****** ass.
allegorical oracle
(5,018 posts)johnnyfins
(2,130 posts)Before white Presidents faces were csrved into a mountain.
ananda
(31,893 posts)Destroy and rewrite history; play to the
anti-science religionists; and put all
white men in charge of everything.
rubbersole
(9,884 posts)Mysterian
(5,637 posts)They are attemprting to re-write history.
Buns_of_Fire
(18,445 posts)MLWR
(354 posts)But he's also attacking our First Amendment rights. I wonder if that will be A-OK with this SCOTUS.
Boomerproud
(8,796 posts)
LymphocyteLover
(8,069 posts)Doodley
(10,974 posts)Seinan Sensei
(986 posts)Freshly baked, of course.
As an aside, every time I see Doug Burgum, Im thinking, that boy aint right
rubbersole
(9,884 posts)Did you say fresh baked chocolate chip cookies 🍪 at all historic sites? I'm heading to St Augustine with a quart of raw milk 🐄 and an appetite. Dougie would increase attendance...then tsf could charge an entrance fee.
Dyedinthewoolliberal
(16,106 posts)or you know, the sign is gone and we don't know what happened.............
Wiz Imp
(5,209 posts)So the orange asshole wants to remove all these markers at Gettysburg just recently added that point out Slavery was the primary reason for the Civil War? Fuck that and Fuck him. I sure hope the people at Gettysburg tell him to go to hell.
https://www.npca.org/articles/3557-a-more-complete-story-at-gettysburg
A More Complete Story at Gettysburg
During the 160th anniversary activities July 1-3, programming that historically focused on decisive moments of the battle and its military leaders expanded to include more diverse perspectives. Dr. Peter S. Carmichael of Gettysburg Colleges Civil War Institute partnered with the Park Service to organize Enslaved at Gettysburg, a tour for visitors where they heard the experiences of thousands of enslaved men who accompanied Confederates into Pennsylvania. Visitors also were introduced to a range of published letters and diaries related to African American experiences.
According to Carmichael, these programs were designed to use the battlefield to open up our eyes to its relationship to those who were not soldiers, but present women, children, African Americans.
Standing in front of the Virginia Monument to give a talk about enslavement within Robert E. Lees army was powerful. Stories must be told on that ground that are not only through the perspective of Confederate military leaders, he said.
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CivicGrief
(184 posts)creeping (well fast moving, actually) fascism in the good ole US of A?
Blue Owl
(56,389 posts)Faux pas
(15,694 posts)WME aka white male excellence