“Honor Our History”: Trump Slammed for Ending Free National Park Entry on Juneteenth & MLK Day

Photo: Yellowstone National Park – June 22, 2006. The Grand Prismatic Spring, located in Midway Geyser Basin, has the distinction of being the park’s largest hot spring. […] Image credit: NPS / Jim Peaco via Flickr. Public Domain. Interview by Amy Goodman, with Juan González. Guests: Carolyn Finney and Audrey Peterman. Democracy Now – December 9, 2025.

The Trump administration is facing backlash after ending free admission at national parks on the only two federal holidays honoring Black history — Juneteenth and Martin Luther King Jr. Day — while adding free entry on President Trump’s birthday, June 14. The Interior Department also announced higher entry fees for non-U.S. residents under what it calls “America-first entry fee policies.” […]

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