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Demovictory9

(37,113 posts)
Sat May 24, 2025, 06:18 AM May 2025

BREAKING: 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 president’s 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 Trump’s 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 country’s past in a negative light.

Burgum’s order directs federal agencies and cultural institutions to remove content that “inappropriately disparage[s] Americans past or living,” and to instead highlight the nation’s 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 nation’s 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
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BREAKING: parks must post signs that encourage guests to report any information that is critical of American history (Original Post) Demovictory9 May 2025 OP
Re-writing history to make white males look good. Irish_Dem May 2025 #1
Exactly. (nt) Paladin May 2025 #22
In certain circles JustAnotherGen May 2025 #56
Women have had to kowtow to males for thousands of years. Irish_Dem May 2025 #57
I would argue re-writing real history IS being critical of American history. Attilatheblond May 2025 #65
Teaching Americans to rat each other out. Like in Russia and China. Irish_Dem May 2025 #2
or Nazi Germany MLWR May 2025 #40
I know. "Hey kids, get your "Jr Stasi" membership card now. Act now. brush May 2025 #60
In China if you rat out someone you get a better job or better apartment. Irish_Dem May 2025 #62
With the trump cabal in power, that may happen here. brush May 2025 #63
This should be an interesting lawsuit NJCher May 2025 #3
I can see people NJCher May 2025 #4
What does "Historic Williamsburg" plan to do in displaying no_hypocrisy May 2025 #5
Trump admin doesnt care about that type of history. I'd guess they're focus is slavery, Native American events, Demovictory9 May 2025 #6
Wrong word. The Madcap May 2025 #26
I wonder what MAGATs will re-write about Diamond_Dog May 2025 #42
I believe Williamsburg is not a national park. mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 #10
GM. Here we go: no_hypocrisy May 2025 #13
You can only talk about John Wilker Booth breaking his leg on stage. Liberal In Texas May 2025 #7
Step back, people... Hugin May 2025 #8
Oh FFS. Now you can't even take a hike in a park in peace. Vinca May 2025 #9
I'm just glad he's not inserting his name in every national park. JohnnyRingo May 2025 #39
I hope this doesn't give traction Diamond_Dog May 2025 #44
Grand Canyon (accompanied by pic of Trump's ass), Petrified Forest Gump (accompanied by a pic of a thin-skinned Doodley May 2025 #45
Crumb The 1st wants people to be told that moniss May 2025 #11
Let me guess: the Mystic massacre was tourists, right? Scrivener7 May 2025 #12
The war of Northern Aggression had nothing to do with slavery. A new sign at Gettysburg. dem4decades May 2025 #14
"inappropriately disparage[s] Americans past or living" J_William_Ryan May 2025 #15
We have done some horrible things in our past. OldBaldy1701E May 2025 #17
American Stazi wants you to snitch. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2025 #16
Just when you thought these morons couldn't get more bizarre mdbl May 2025 #18
Sounds like North Korean mind control--making us afraid to speak our minds and paranoid someone will sell us out. Timeflyer May 2025 #19
Good comparison, unfortunately. Paladin May 2025 #23
Whose version of the history malaise May 2025 #20
Is it the reporting mechanism a centralized phone number or email address? waterwatcher123 May 2025 #21
This is what I was thinking Mossfern May 2025 #51
A QR code for a web page muriel_volestrangler May 2025 #55
The very words, "Truth and Sanity"... GiqueCee May 2025 #24
It's "1984" all over again (n/t) PJMcK May 2025 #25
NOBODY disparages Americans better than our MAGA President!!!! 70sEraVet May 2025 #27
So how do I report someone who posted a completely fake historical marker on his golf course? tanyev May 2025 #28
Whoa - Major G.O.P Violation of God BoRaGard May 2025 #43
Remember though, they don't participate in reality so they don't believe it's false witness. CrispyQ May 2025 #58
Define negative: and be very specific Raven123 May 2025 #29
Anything that hurts our G.O.P. Felon's fee fees BoRaGard May 2025 #30
The Confederacy were just tourists johnnyfins May 2025 #31
Okay, I've done my part. Just turned in Montana's Little Bighorn site for telling visitors allegorical oracle May 2025 #32
They should not comply LS0999 May 2025 #33
You mean you don't want to join the "Make an Ass Out of Yourself for Trump" club?? nt allegorical oracle May 2025 #37
The Black Hills weren't sacred to anyone johnnyfins May 2025 #34
Just another part of the American Nazi playbook. ananda May 2025 #35
We can't wait to reclaim all the lettuce picking jobs stolen from us... rubbersole May 2025 #50
Republicans see '1984' as a how-to manual Mysterian May 2025 #36
Sure puts Smokey the Bear in a new light. Buns_of_Fire May 2025 #38
Maybe he is "re-writing history." MLWR May 2025 #41
It will be fine with 6 of them. Boomerproud May 2025 #48
fuck that fascist bullshit! LymphocyteLover May 2025 #46
How can a man with the mental age of a five year old rewrite history? He doesn't know any history. Doodley May 2025 #47
What's next? Mandatory chocolate chip cookies at all historic sites? Seinan Sensei May 2025 #49
Slow down there SS... rubbersole May 2025 #53
Talk about an invitation to vandalism! Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2025 #52
I couldn't believe this wasn't the Onion after I saw the headline Wiz Imp May 2025 #54
This message was self-deleted by its author brush May 2025 #59
How about reporting the signs as a disturbing example of the CivicGrief May 2025 #61
Parks and Wreck Blue Owl May 2025 #64
Another example of Faux pas May 2025 #66
Wonder how they want to redo Gettysburg? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 12 #67

JustAnotherGen

(36,873 posts)
56. In certain circles
Sat May 24, 2025, 10:08 AM
May 2025

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

(73,831 posts)
57. Women have had to kowtow to males for thousands of years.
Sat May 24, 2025, 10:11 AM
May 2025

And let men run wild while the women pick up the pieces.

Some things never change.

Attilatheblond

(7,108 posts)
65. I would argue re-writing real history IS being critical of American history.
Sat May 24, 2025, 06:52 PM
May 2025

Lying is not honorable. Lying about actual history is dishonorable to the 9th degree.

brush

(61,018 posts)
60. I know. "Hey kids, get your "Jr Stasi" membership card now. Act now.
Sat May 24, 2025, 12:13 PM
May 2025

All it takes is to report one anti-DEI POC person and we'll rush your card in the mail.

NJCher

(41,257 posts)
3. This should be an interesting lawsuit
Sat May 24, 2025, 06:32 AM
May 2025

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.


Demovictory9

(37,113 posts)
6. Trump admin doesnt care about that type of history. I'd guess they're focus is slavery, Native American events,
Sat May 24, 2025, 06:44 AM
May 2025

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.

Diamond_Dog

(38,336 posts)
42. I wonder what MAGATs will re-write about
Sat May 24, 2025, 09:04 AM
May 2025

historical plaques on homes that are already identified as part of the Underground Railroad…..

mahatmakanejeeves

(66,551 posts)
10. I believe Williamsburg is not a national park.
Sat May 24, 2025, 07:01 AM
May 2025

I’m on a phone, so checking isn’t easy.

Wasn’t that all set up by the Rockefeller family?

And good morning.

no_hypocrisy

(52,913 posts)
13. GM. Here we go:
Sat May 24, 2025, 07:24 AM
May 2025

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

(15,558 posts)
7. You can only talk about John Wilker Booth breaking his leg on stage.
Sat May 24, 2025, 06:46 AM
May 2025

They can't mention what he did just before that.

Hugin

(36,843 posts)
8. Step back, people...
Sat May 24, 2025, 06:51 AM
May 2025
We have reached PEAK inanity!



Only a few years ago, that would have been labeled woke censorship. But, now, it’s what is for supper.

JohnnyRingo

(20,140 posts)
39. I'm just glad he's not inserting his name in every national park.
Sat May 24, 2025, 08:58 AM
May 2025

"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

(38,336 posts)
44. I hope this doesn't give traction
Sat May 24, 2025, 09:07 AM
May 2025

to that idiot who wanted to re- name Mosquito Lake “Lake Trump “

Doodley

(11,283 posts)
45. Grand Canyon (accompanied by pic of Trump's ass), Petrified Forest Gump (accompanied by a pic of a thin-skinned
Sat May 24, 2025, 09:10 AM
May 2025

little manchild who is scared somebody might say something bad about him), and Viagra Falls (a pic of a Trump with a tiny mushroom).

J_William_Ryan

(2,953 posts)
15. "inappropriately disparage[s] Americans past or living"
Sat May 24, 2025, 07:30 AM
May 2025

Whitewashing history in an effort to advance nationalist mythology is fundamentally fascist.

And as correctly noted, Trump’s scheme to rewrite history will fail.

OldBaldy1701E

(8,903 posts)
17. We have done some horrible things in our past.
Sat May 24, 2025, 07:39 AM
May 2025

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...

Timeflyer

(3,382 posts)
19. Sounds like North Korean mind control--making us afraid to speak our minds and paranoid someone will sell us out.
Sat May 24, 2025, 07:53 AM
May 2025

Resistance now, truth matters.

Paladin

(31,521 posts)
23. Good comparison, unfortunately.
Sat May 24, 2025, 08:08 AM
May 2025

I wish these fascist assholes were half as charitable to Joe Biden as they are our nation's checkered past.

waterwatcher123

(396 posts)
21. Is it the reporting mechanism a centralized phone number or email address?
Sat May 24, 2025, 07:59 AM
May 2025

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

(4,296 posts)
51. This is what I was thinking
Sat May 24, 2025, 09:31 AM
May 2025

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

(104,526 posts)
55. A QR code for a web page
Sat May 24, 2025, 10:03 AM
May 2025

"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

(2,776 posts)
24. The very words, "Truth and Sanity"...
Sat May 24, 2025, 08:14 AM
May 2025

... 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.

70sEraVet

(4,832 posts)
27. NOBODY disparages Americans better than our MAGA President!!!!
Sat May 24, 2025, 08:24 AM
May 2025

One small step for man; one giant goosestep for mankind.

tanyev

(47,681 posts)
28. So how do I report someone who posted a completely fake historical marker on his golf course?
Sat May 24, 2025, 08:25 AM
May 2025

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

(7,295 posts)
43. Whoa - Major G.O.P Violation of God
Sat May 24, 2025, 09:05 AM
May 2025

Do all the republicons want to go to Hell? Why do they piss all over the Ten Commandments?

CrispyQ

(40,180 posts)
58. Remember though, they don't participate in reality so they don't believe it's false witness.
Sat May 24, 2025, 11:32 AM
May 2025

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

(6,987 posts)
29. Define negative: and be very specific
Sat May 24, 2025, 08:33 AM
May 2025

Ok, I will post a sign that says xyz plant is is beautiful as Joe Biden. Are we good?

BoRaGard

(7,295 posts)
30. Anything that hurts our G.O.P. Felon's fee fees
Sat May 24, 2025, 08:37 AM
May 2025

He be such a delicate draft-dodging republicon, and all.

johnnyfins

(2,773 posts)
31. The Confederacy were just tourists
Sat May 24, 2025, 08:37 AM
May 2025

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

(5,657 posts)
32. Okay, I've done my part. Just turned in Montana's Little Bighorn site for telling visitors
Sat May 24, 2025, 08:41 AM
May 2025

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

(249 posts)
33. They should not comply
Sat May 24, 2025, 08:42 AM
May 2025

They should tell Trump to take his order and shove it up his f****** ass.

johnnyfins

(2,773 posts)
34. The Black Hills weren't sacred to anyone
Sat May 24, 2025, 08:42 AM
May 2025

Before white Presidents faces were csrved into a mountain.

ananda

(32,961 posts)
35. Just another part of the American Nazi playbook.
Sat May 24, 2025, 08:48 AM
May 2025

Destroy and rewrite history; play to the
anti-science religionists; and put all
white men in charge of everything.

Buns_of_Fire

(18,712 posts)
38. Sure puts Smokey the Bear in a new light.
Sat May 24, 2025, 08:56 AM
May 2025
"Only YOU can prevent someone from uttering 'Fuck Trump with Elon's Chainsaw" while on National Park Service land!"

MLWR

(513 posts)
41. Maybe he is "re-writing history."
Sat May 24, 2025, 09:03 AM
May 2025

But he's also attacking our First Amendment rights. I wonder if that will be A-OK with this SCOTUS.

Doodley

(11,283 posts)
47. How can a man with the mental age of a five year old rewrite history? He doesn't know any history.
Sat May 24, 2025, 09:13 AM
May 2025

Seinan Sensei

(1,126 posts)
49. What's next? Mandatory chocolate chip cookies at all historic sites?
Sat May 24, 2025, 09:29 AM
May 2025

Freshly baked, of course.

As an aside, every time I see Doug Burgum, I’m thinking, “that boy ain’t right”

rubbersole

(10,398 posts)
53. Slow down there SS...
Sat May 24, 2025, 09:39 AM
May 2025

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

(16,152 posts)
52. Talk about an invitation to vandalism!
Sat May 24, 2025, 09:35 AM
May 2025

or you know, the sign is gone and we don't know what happened.............

Wiz Imp

(6,825 posts)
54. I couldn't believe this wasn't the Onion after I saw the headline
Sat May 24, 2025, 09:41 AM
May 2025

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

Today, Gettysburg better reflects the historical context of these Confederate monuments through new interpretative markers placed beside them. Informed by historians, these markers share the history of the monuments’ sponsorship and dedication. They also address that while memorials were installed to recognize courage and bravery, they also ignored the causes of the war, especially slavery.

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 College’s 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. Lee’s army was powerful. Stories must be told on that ground that are not only through the perspective of Confederate military leaders,” he said.

Response to Demovictory9 (Original post)

CivicGrief

(195 posts)
61. How about reporting the signs as a disturbing example of the
Sat May 24, 2025, 12:20 PM
May 2025

creeping (well fast moving, actually) fascism in the good ole US of A?

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(128,141 posts)
67. Wonder how they want to redo Gettysburg?
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 04:41 PM
Jun 12

Do they want to call it a failed liberation attempt by the confederacy.

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