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The Trump administration has removed a large pride flag from the Stonewall national monument in New York City, marking the latest move by the federal government to end diversity initiatives and sanitize the history shared in national parks.
The memo from the interior department, which oversees the National Park Service, provided “guidance to superintendents and site managers on policies and procedures for the display and flying of non-agency flags and pennants”, stating only US flags, agency flags and the POW/MIA flag are allowed at parks, while including a list of exemptions that included flags that “provide historical context”.
Interior department flagpoles are “not intended to serve as a forum for free expression by the public”, the memo read. “Rather, approved non-agency flags and pennants may be flown as an expression of the Federal Government’s official sentiments.”
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The memo from the interior department, which oversees the National Park Service, provided “guidance to superintendents and site managers on policies and procedures for the display and flying of non-agency flags and pennants”, stating only US flags, agency flags and the POW/MIA flag are allowed at parks, while including a list of exemptions that included flags that “provide historical context”.
Interior department flagpoles are “not intended to serve as a forum for free expression by the public”, the memo read. “Rather, approved non-agency flags and pennants may be flown as an expression of the Federal Government’s official sentiments.”
Trump administration removes LGBTQ+ Pride flag from Stonewall national monument
The move in New York follows an interior department memo restricting non-agency flags at national parks