Among the sites whose history Americans want to preserve were Japanese American incarceration sites such as Amache in southeast Colorado. I wrote about the students protecting those stories amid uncertain times for the National Park Service.
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“I think our country is strong enough to understand the history of our nation in its totality, and I think that anything less than that makes us weak,” wrote one Amache visitor.
The Trump administration last year issued a plea to visitors at U.S. national parks: Report any displays or exhibits saying “negative” things about Americans living in the past or present.
But most people who responded instead weighed in to criticize the effort itself
