Park gift shops could remove books on slavery and the Civil War

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Source: Washington Post

Park gift shops could remove books on slavery and the Civil War

Among the books flagged for possible removal were "The 1619 Project" and a book about former Interior secretary Deb Haaland.

July 25, 2025 at 6:00 a.m. EDT Today at 6:00 a.m. EDT

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National Park Service employees were required to report items for review by last week. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

By Jake Spring

National parks employees have raised the idea of removing books on slavery, Native Americans and George Washington from their gift shops as part of Trump officials' efforts to scrub these popular sites of "corrosive ideology" that disparages Americans, according to internal records reviewed by The Washington Post.

Agency employees were required to report items for review by last week. The inventory of books possibly running afoul of the administration's directive includes "The 1619 Project" on the history of slavery in America and a picture book about former Interior secretary Deb Haaland, the first Native American Cabinet secretary. Those works are sold at the Fort Sumter, Fort Moultrie and Liberty Square park stores in Charleston, South Carolina, along with three other books on slavery and the Civil War that were flagged.

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By Jake Spring
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/07/25/parks-gift-shops-banned-books/

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Park gift shops could remove books on slavery and the Civil War
Among the books flagged for possible removal were "The 1619 Project" and a book about former Interior secretary Deb Haaland.
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July 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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[Deuxcents]

1. The American Dark Ages is what they're doing..trying to do, anyway. This cannot stand

[sakabatou]

2. Dump trying to erase history.

[underpants]

3. Because of his EO? We have a lot of Civil War battlefield parks around here

I can only read what you posted. Are they trying to make it sound like this was the employees’ ideas?

[Irish_Dem]

5. I thought you meant because of Trump's ED.

Yes he is compensating all the time for what he can no longer do.

[underpants]

6. 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[Irish_Dem]

4. So the US never had a civil war, and there was no slavery?

Just trying to get the new revised history straight.

[Shipwack]

11. I think you mean the"War of Northern Agression". nt

[Irish_Dem]

12. The north invaded the south. Ft. Sumter never happened.

The south never fired the first shots and fired on the Union Army base.

And the south won the war, the north was devastated.

[Shipwack]

14. That's the spirit!

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On a more serious note, there are times that I think the Civil War really ended in a stalemate.

And like a dandelion, the South is coming back because we didn't remove the whole root. 😕

[Irish_Dem]

15. Yes you are correct. The south is now winning the civil war.

For real.

The confederate values and goals are all coming to fruition.

[eppur_se_muova]

7. Booksellers: start putting "Censored by Trump" stickers on your products. Should become the next "Oprah's Book Club".

It's a buycott, the opposite of a boycott.

[milestogo]

8. Idiotic.

[BidenRocks]

9. Dotard doesn't realize that

White people are a minority.

Now get to the back of the bus and shut the fuck up!

When do I get to use my military oath against DOMESTIC foes?!

This shit has crossed the line long ago.

[Skittles]

10. "corrosive ideology" that disparages Americans

FACTUAL HISTORY THAT HURTS THE FEE FEES OF WHITE SUPREMACISTS

we see right through this fucking bullshit

[sinkingfeeling]

13. Let's rewrite history. Might as well shutter all historic sites as well

[El Mimbreno]

16. The reason behind it all: