politics
Meet the army of amateur archivists racing to save US history in national parks
Save Our Signs aims to document every sign in the more than 400 national parks and historic sites across the country before the Trump administration removes them
TL;DR
- The 'Save Our Signs' project is a crowdsourced effort to document signs in over 400 US national parks and historic sites.
- The project was initiated by Jenny McBurney and colleagues in response to the Trump administration's directive to remove signs discussing topics like gender ideology, environmental justice, slavery, Indigenous history, and the climate crisis.
- Hundreds of volunteers have submitted over 17,000 photos of national park signs, with submissions from nearly every national park and historic site.
- The initiative aims to create an archive of these signs as a record of public information and as a form of pushback against perceived censorship.
- Legal battles are ongoing regarding the removal of these signs, with conflicting court rulings on whether the administration must reinstate them.