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A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the National Park Service from removing or revising signs, films and other materials at national parks across the country to comply with a directive from President Trump.<\/p>\n
The ruling pauses enforcement of an executive order<\/a> that called for removing or covering up materials at national parks that \u201cinappropriately disparage Americans\u201d<\/a> or cast the United States \u201cin a negative light.\u201d<\/p>\n The judge, Angel Kelley of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, also ordered the Park Service to restore within three weeks any exhibits that it had dismantled or altered.<\/p>\n The ruling provides a temporary reprieve for the plaintiffs, a coalition of advocacy groups that sued over the executive order in February, while the litigation continues to unfold.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n To comply with the president\u2019s directive, the Park Service has taken down plaques about slavery<\/a> at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, a sign about climate change<\/a> at Fort Sumter in South Carolina and a sign about Indigenous people at Acadia National Park in Maine.<\/p>\n