Court Lifts 250th Anniversary Deadline for Trump Administration to Reinstall US Park Exhibits

Source: US News & World Report/Reuters

June 23, 2026, at 4:37 p.m.


BOSTON, June 23 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration does ⁠not ⁠need to reinstall dozens of exhibits ⁠that it removed from national parks on topics such as slavery and climate change ​before the nation's 250th anniversary next month, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday.

A unanimous three-judge panel of the Boston-based 1st ‌U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily ‌paused a judge's July 3 deadline for the National Park Service to reinstall the exhibits removed under a Trump ⁠directive targeting displays ⁠that "inappropriately disparage Americans past or living."

Boston-based U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley concluded that ​the displays were removed as part of the administration's unlawful effort to "rewrite the nation's history with a white-out pen." Critics have accused Trump of trying to erase aspects of American history to fit what they call his own false narratives about the nation.

The ​1st Circuit declined for now to pause Kelley's main decision to halt Interior Secretary Doug Burgum's implementation of ⁠Trump's ⁠March 2025 executive order. But the ⁠1st Circuit panel, ​composed of three judges appointed by Democratic presidents, said it is still considering whether the administration's request put ​Kelley's entire June 12 ruling ⁠on hold while it appeals and plans to rule "promptly."

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