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National park visitors to be encouraged to report 'negative' depictions under new order

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28.05.2025

(NEXSTAR) -- A new order issued by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to ensure "the natural and historical resources managed by the Department...accurately reflect American history and not partisan ideology," invites national park visitors to report aspects of the sites that need repairs and signs or other information that "disparages" Americans.

Burgum's order stems from an executive order, titled "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History," signed by President Donald Trump in March. That order called on the Interior Secretary to identify any "public monuments, memorials, statues, markers, or similar properties" that have been removed or "changed to perpetuate a false reconstruction of American history, inappropriately minimize the value of certain historical events or figures, or include any other improper partisan ideology" since January 1, 2020.

Photos: What visiting the national parks used to look like

The executive order also calls........

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