Trump administration details ‘inappropriate’ materials a court ordered it restore to historic sites

Published June 18, 2026 12:33pm ET | Updated June 18, 2026 12:33pm ET



The Trump administration detailed to a federal court on Wednesday the signs and exhibits it removed from properties run by the National Park Service that it said “inappropriately disparage Americans,” after a judge ordered those items to be restored to the NPS properties last week.

U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley, a nominee of former President Joe Biden, ordered the administration to restore the items removed from NPS properties in accordance with President Donald Trump’s 2025 executive order meant to reverse the “corrosive ideology” promoted by the Biden administration at NPS properties. Kelley further ordered the Justice Department to provide a list of the removed items and a timeline of when the items would be restored.

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