ASSOCIATED PRESS • September 10, 2025
President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March directing the Interior Department — which manages parks, monuments and other designated land — to ensure public property doesn’t contain elements that “inappropriately disparage Americans past or living.” The Trump administration is reviewing material about slavery, the destruction of Native American culture, climate change and more at federal parks that could be “disparaging” to Americans. The directive has raised concerns about sanitizing and erasing dark sides of American history.