Controversy Mounts Over Government Requests for Negative History Reports at National Parks
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The Trump administration has directed national parks and historic sites, including two in Colorado, to post signs asking visitors to report negative information about American history, raising concerns about the potential sanitization and politicization of historical narratives, especially regarding darker chapters like the Sand Creek Massacre and Japanese American internment at Amache.
- Visitors to Colorado historic sites urged to report “negative” information about America, per order The Colorado Sun
- New signs at Cuyahoga Valley National Park ask visitors to flag 'negative' messages about American history WKYC
- ‘Censorship:’ See the National Park visitor responses after Trump requested help deleting ‘negative’ signage Government Executive
- Photo shows controversial new sign at California internment camp for Japanese Americans San Francisco Chronicle
- Another authoritarian move from Trump -- seeking informants at federal parks: Today in Ohio Cleveland.com
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