A federal judge has temporarily halted the National Park Service from removing or altering signs, films, and other materials at national parks. This decision comes in response to a directive from President Trump. The directive aimed to remove or conceal materials perceived as disparaging Americans or portraying the United States negatively.
Judge Angel Kelley of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued the ruling. The order requires the Park Service to restore any modified or dismantled exhibits within three weeks. This pause will last as litigation from advocacy groups against the executive order continues.
The Park Service, following the directive, removed plaques on slavery at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia and signage on climate change at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. Additionally, signs about Indigenous people at Acadia National Park in Maine were taken down. Another federal judge has already stopped changes to the slavery exhibition at Independence National Historical Park pending a lawsuit filed by Philadelphia.
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