{"id":951,"date":"2026-06-13T13:39:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T13:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=951"},"modified":"2026-06-13T13:39:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T13:39:23","slug":"judge-blocks-national-parks-from-removing-negative-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=951","title":{"rendered":"Judge blocks national parks from removing \u2018negative\u2019 signs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 A federal judge Friday temporarily blocked the National Park Service from removing or revising signs, films, and other materials at national parks across the country to comply with a directive from President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=949\">A 100-unit apartment building with a rooftop pool is the latest new development slated for North Broad<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The ruling pauses enforcement of an executive order that called for removing or covering up materials at national parks that \u201cinappropriately disparage Americans\u201d or cast the United States \u201cin a negative light.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The judge, Angel Kelley of U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, also ordered the park service to restore within three weeks any exhibits that it had dismantled or altered.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The ruling provides a temporary reprieve for the plaintiffs, a coalition of advocacy groups that sued over the executive order in February, while the litigation continues to unfold.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>To comply with the president\u2019s directive, the park service has taken down plaques about slavery at the President\u2019s House in Philadelphia, a sign about climate change at Fort Sumter in South Carolina, and a sign about Indigenous people at Acadia National Park in Maine.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Another federal judge has already ordered the park service not to make further changes to the slavery exhibit at the President\u2019s House Site at Independence National Historical Park, as she considers a separate lawsuit filed by Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Kelley, who was nominated by President Joe Biden, sharply rebuked the Trump administration for taking down materials. \u201cNot only does this undermine the integrity of the national parks; it sets a dangerous precedent of censorship and sanitization,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Kelley began her 63-page ruling by listing examples of national parks that help educate visitors about difficult periods of American history, as well as contributions made by people of color, gay and transgender figures, women and other marginalized groups.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cFrom the echoes of abolition in John Brown\u2019s Fort in Harpers Ferry, to the genesis of the modern LGBTQ+ civil rights movement at the Stonewall National Monument, to the retreating ice of Glacier National Park in Alaska, the national parks preserve the multifaceted and multilayered history of our nation, including the good, the bad and the ugly,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=947\">Rob Stone has spent half his life broadcasting World Cups. This summer, he leads what could be Fox\u2019s last.<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs argued that removing the materials was \u201carbitrary and capricious,\u201d in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act. They also accused the park service of exceeding its legal authority.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Katie Martin, a spokesperson for the Interior Department, the parent agency of the park service, suggested that the administration would appeal the ruling.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis ruling is from a liberal activist judge,\u201d Martin said in an email. \u201cThe department will look at our appeal options while we celebrate U.F.C. Freedom 250 on the South Lawn of the White House this weekend in honor of our nation\u2019s 250th with the greatest president in the history of our country \u2014 President Donald J. Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Emily Thompson, the executive director of the Coalition to Protect America\u2019s National Parks, one of the advocacy groups that brought the lawsuit, applauded the ruling.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cNational parks are not propaganda tools, nor should they be used for partisan purposes,\u201d Thompson said in a statement. \u201cThey exist to preserve and interpret the full American story, not just the parts that make some politicians comfortable. 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