On Friday, another federal judge ordered that the Trump administration [must restore exhibits and placards](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/12/judge-national-park-trump-displays) on subjects like climate change, [slavery](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/trump-wants-you-to-forget-that-george-washington-owned-slaves/), and civil rights that it had taken down following a [March 2025 executive order](https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/restoring-truth-and-sanity-to-american-history/) that deemed them “ideological indoctrination or divisive narratives that distort our shared history.”

In a [preliminary injunction](https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/zjvqgqorxvx/parks.pdf), US District Judge Angel Kelley ruled in favor of scientists, historians, and park conservationists and rangers, stating that the removal established a “dangerous precedent of censorship and sanitization.” Kelley gave the Trump administration a reinstallation deadline of 21 days, by the 250th anniversary of the US.

With Kennedy Center setback, Trump is losing his war on "woke" national placards