Noticed any changes to signs in your local national park?

An exhibit at California's Muir Woods National Monument was recently edited because of a Trump executive order banning any types of content — like exhibits, signs, books in the gift shop — that "inappropriately disparage" people in American history.

This isn't the first time that a national park exhibit has been affected because of Trump's policies though and park rangers and historians are speaking out.

This interview first aired on KALW's Crosscurrents on July 31, 2025.

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