A Trump order asked national park visitors to flag 'negative' historical info. They had other ideas

[dalton99a]

https://apnews.com/article/national-park-service-doug-burgum-donald-trump-c58eb3278c9ce787afacf37f6845ff4c

A Trump order asked national park visitors to flag ‘negative’ historical info. They had other ideas
By JACK DURA and MEAD GRUVER
Updated 11:06 PM CDT, June 9, 2026

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Trump administration last year issued a plea to visitors at U.S. national parks: Report any displays or exhibits saying “negative” things about Americans living in the past or present.

But most people who responded instead weighed in to criticize the effort itself, according to an Associated Press analysis of 35,000 public comments submitted in the second half 2025 and recently made public through a lawsuit.

One visitor to a park in North Carolina called the administration’s efforts “un-American.” Another derided the idea of “having Americans call in and snitch on each other.”

“Hey Donald Trump!” wrote a person in North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt National Park, “Trying to erase history doesn’t mean it didn’t still happen!”

A large chunk — more than half, not even accounting for duplicative submissions — was a backlash to the effort itself, according to an Associated Press analysis.

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Resist the tyrant.

[cbabe]

1. Fav comment: didn't see any bigfeet.

[Vinca]

2. The only part of history I'd like to erase is the Trump years.

[modrepub]

6. Don't Sweep AllThis Under A Rug

All Trump’s BULLSH-T has to be brought up again and again. No way this episode in our history should be relegated to obscurity.

The last time we ignored it, it only came back but 10 times worse. Weed it out and lay it in the sunshine to wither and die.

[Blue Full Moon]

3. Add the Bowling Green Massacre

[Martin68]

4. The People have spoken. Fuck off, Donald Trump.

[twodogsbarking]

5. Well that sounds like, well, everything. At least since Columbus.

[orleans]

7. "A large chunk -- more than half, not even accounting for duplicative submissions -- was a backlash to the effort itself,

so i guess that means that close to half (?) are trumpers that go to national parks

[SupportSanity]

8. Totally reassuring.

Sigh. I needed that.

[liberalla]

9. Wow... I love that!