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A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration must return dozens of exhibits that were removed by a Trump order because they were deemed to "inappropriately disparage" Americans.
The backstory:
The National Park Service removed at least 51 exhibits from 37 different national parks because President Trump said the displays portrayed the United States as "inherently racist, sexist, oppressive or otherwise irredeemably flawed."
What we know:
In the order signed by United States District Judge Angel Kelley, the administration turned over a list that included exhibits like one at Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park that describes the ownership of enslaved people by George Washington.
What we don't know:
While Kelly’s order called for a July 3 deadline, one day before the country’s 250th anniversary, a filing from the administration asked for the order to be put on hold while for an appeal to be filed, adding that reinstalling the exhibits would be a "herculean and unmanageable task."
Kelley said she would need more information in order to evaluate the scale of the changes that were made.
Dig deeper:
Some of the locations that were listed to have exhibits that were removed are Fort Sumter in South Carolina, the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge at the Gateway National Recreation Area in New York and Acadia National Park in Maine.
The Source: This story was written with information provided by Reuters. This story was reported from Orlando.