Overview
- President Trump’s March 27 order “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” directs the National Park Service to remove or alter any language deemed negative or unpatriotic
- QR-coded notices have been installed across parks and historic sites urging visitors to report signage that fails to celebrate America’s “extraordinary heritage”
- More than 200 tip-line submissions have come back overwhelmingly critical of the policy rather than flagging any problematic text
- A Department of the Interior spokesperson condemned internal leaks about the changes and warned that staff responses to the tip line will be investigated
- The National Parks Conservation Association and park historians contend that sanitizing park narratives undermines the agency’s mission to present a truthful account of U.S. history