National Park signage encourages the public to help erase negative stories at its sites

Theodore Roosevelt National Park to ask tourists to report unpatriotic content

MEDORA, N.D. — Visitors to Theodore Roosevelt National Park will soon be asked to flag displays deemed too critical of Americans or insufficiently celebratory of the land, according to a sweeping new directive from the Department of the Interior. By June 13, signs must go up across all three units of the park — North Unit, South Unit and Elkhorn Ranch — encouraging tourists to scan a QR code and report content that is “negative about either past…

'Rewriting history': Experts say Trump order for national parks is 'frightening'

A leaked memo shows a Donald Trump appointee has instructed the National Parks Service (NPS) to invite visitors to report anything they believe portrays American history or geography in a negative light.NPR obtained the June 9 memo sent National Park Service comptroller Jessica Bowron instructing re...

National Park signage encourages the public to help erase negative stories at its sites

The Department of the Interior is requiring the National Park Service (NPS) to post signage at all sites across the country by June 13, asking visitors to offer feedback on any information that they feel portrays American history and landscapes in a negative light.The June 9 memo sent to regional directors by National Park Service comptroller Jessica Bowron and leaked to NPR states the instructions come in response to President Trump’s March “Re…

National Park Visitors Asked To Report Signs That Depict History Negatively

National Parks have until Friday to post signs asking visitors to report any information they see in the parks that depicts the nation or its history in a negative way, according to published reports. The National Park Service also must conduct its own review by mid-July of images, descriptions, and other content that may present disparaging information, news organizations report. The directives were contained in a June 9 memo from NPS acting-Di…

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The Department of the Interior is requiring the National Park Service to post signage nationwide by June 13, asking visitors for feedback on any information they feel misrepresents American history. (Image credit: Jose Luis Magana/AP)

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