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

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
Jake Spring covers the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Interior and Congressional energy and environmental policy. Send him secure tips on Signal at jspring.99follow on X@jakespring

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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