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

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/honor-our-history-trump-slammed-for-ending-free-national-park-entry-on-juneteenth-mlk-day/
- Published: 2025-12-10T09:15:00-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

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.” […] Click here to view original web page at www.democracynow.org Video: “Honor Our History”: Trump Slammed for Ending Free National Park Entry on Juneteenth & MLK Day – Democracy Now!