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[Krimson]

U.S. Interior Department Quietly Posts “Deeply Offensive” New Signs On National Park Service Website

The department claims the move is in alignment with "restoring truth and sanity to American history."

www.thetravel.com

I'm all for history being told as it actually happened, but I'm wondering if this group filed the same lawsuits when confederate monuments and names were removed?

 

[TerryP]

Here's what jumped out to me:

"...ATAC claims that it was not consulted on the new displays...."

The ATAC is a community group advocating for the recognition of the period of slavery in the states. If I'm reading this correctly, this community group wasn't asked what they thought about how the government handled this situation when they are not a part of the decision making process nor group?

The National Park Service updated its website with the proposed new signage for the President's House site. The proposed new signage, labeled "New Exhibits," on the President's House website mentions nine enslaved people who worked at the house and lists their names.

However, the Avenging the Ancestors Coalition (ATAC), a Philadelphia-based activist organization for the recognition of enslaved people at the President's House site, has called the proposed new renderings "deeply offensive," with the changes representing "yet another attempt to distort and censor American history" in an April 9, 2026, news release.

USA Today reports* that the ATAC claims that it was not consulted on the new displays on the website, calling it "both unacceptable and deeply concerning, particularly given our central role in bringing this memorial to life."

*However, there is no mention of the location where the coalition wrote this.

Am I supposed to question its existence?

"No one person—no president, no administration—has the right to dictate what history we tell. The truth is not optional. We will not stand by quietly while anyone attempts to erase, distort, or whitewash the reality of slavery and its legacy in this country," said ATAC founder Michael Coard, reacting to the new renderings.

Are they not trying to dictate what's being told? The very thing they are saying, "no one has the right" to do?