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."
Read more: https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2026-06-23/court-lifts-250th-anniversary-deadline-for-trump-administration-to-reinstall-us-park-exhibits
Link to ORDER (PDF) - https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/klvyoggrmvg/06232026parks.pdf
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