The Trump administration has removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from next year's calendar of entrance fee-free days for national parks and added President Trump's birthday to the list, according to the National Park Service, as the administration continues to push back against a reckoning of the country's racist history on federal lands.
In addition to Trump's birthday — which coincides with Flag Day (June 14) — the updated calendar of fee-free dates includes the 110th anniversary of the NPS (August 25), Constitution Day (September 17) and President Teddy Roosevelt's birthday (October 27). The changes will take effect starting January 1.
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Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 250d
So they drop twp days and give us one and they are praising it as a victory. This 1984 vibes.
eRac@lemmings.world · 6 pts · 249d
There's more changes. Those are just being called out as likely driven by racism.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 249d
What a sad sad little man you have to be to do things like this...
THB@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 249d
Ugh
etherphon@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 249d
Has that fat pile of shit ever even taken a hike in one of the parks?