Defend Truth Telling at Our 433+ National Park Sites
The Administration is trying to erase public history from national parks, monuments, and museums. Exhibits and signs about slavery, civil rights, Indigenous history, climate change, labor movements, and diverse communities have been removed, revised, or targeted because they did not fit the administration’s preferred political narrative. A federal judge has ordered those materials restored, but the administration has appealed.
Teaching for Change joined the America433+ coalition, named for the more than 433 National Park Service locations. Other members include Resistance Rangers, Branch 4, Race Forward Action Public School Strong, and Rethinking Schools. The coalition is working to counteract the intentional hollowing out of our nation’s park infrastructure including staff and censorship — including the removal, suppression, or alteration of vital public records and materials.
On June 19, 2026, Juneteenth, America 433+ hosted a teach-in at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in West Virginia. The event featured speakers, writing postcards to representatives, and an invitation to children to pledge to be Resistance Rangers and receive a Junior Resistance Ranger badge. People of all ages stepped up to take the Junior Resistance Ranger pledge. About a dozen young people from a summer camp took the Junior Resistance Ranger pledge and read Junior Ranger activity booklets from two other National Park Service sites (Arlington House and Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home) which the rangers are not allowed to distribute under this administration.
Join the Junior Resistance Ranger Summer Challenge
This summer, the America433+ coalition invites people of all ages and across all 50 states and territories to become Junior Resistance Rangers by exploring the stories that make our public lands — and our democracy — worth protecting.
Visit one of the 433+ National Park Service sites (or another public land near you), complete the Junior Resistance Ranger activities, take the pledge, and share a photo of your adventure.
Our goal is ambitious: we want every one of the 50 states and territories represented.
Snap a photo of you, your family, or your class with your JR RR booklet at the park site! (Or just your hand holding the booklet at the park site if you prefer to be anonymous.)
Post on social media with hashtags: #JrResistanceRangers #America433
Upload your high-resolution photo to this form. We’ll send you an official Junior Resistance Ranger badge!
The Resistance Rangers website offers booklets from two National Park Service sites (Arlington House and Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home) which the rangers are not allowed to distribute under this administration. You can challenge censorship by downloading, reading, and sharing them.
Defend Truth Telling at Our 433+ National Park Sites
The Administration is trying to erase public history from national parks, monuments, and museums. Exhibits and signs about slavery, civil rights, Indigenous history, climate change, labor movements, and diverse communities have been removed, revised, or targeted because they did not fit the administration’s preferred political narrative. A federal judge has ordered those materials restored, but the administration has appealed.
Teaching for Change joined the America433+ coalition, named for the more than 433 National Park Service locations. Other members include Resistance Rangers, Branch 4, Race Forward Action Public School Strong, and Rethinking Schools. The coalition is working to counteract the intentional hollowing out of our nation’s park infrastructure including staff and censorship — including the removal, suppression, or alteration of vital public records and materials.
On June 19, 2026, Juneteenth, America 433+ hosted a teach-in at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in West Virginia. The event featured speakers, writing postcards to representatives, and an invitation to children to pledge to be Resistance Rangers and receive a Junior Resistance Ranger badge. People of all ages stepped up to take the Junior Resistance Ranger pledge. About a dozen young people from a summer camp took the Junior Resistance Ranger pledge and read Junior Ranger activity booklets from two other National Park Service sites (Arlington House and Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home) which the rangers are not allowed to distribute under this administration.
One of the teach-in speakers was Ranger Elizabeth, who worked at Harpers Ferry for years trying to get the stories of the Black raiders told with an exhibit that has remained “under construction” since 2019. Learn more about the teach-in and Ranger Elizabeth in the coverage from NPR, “Trump axed a Black history exhibit. Former park rangers are teaching it anyway,” and MSNOW, “The Night Light: Resistance Rangers.”
To bring this information to the classroom, check out a story collection and data visualization by Amy Qin and Flávio Pessoa in The Guardian,”A sanitized view of America’: inside Trump’s campaign to erase US history from national parks.”
Join the Junior Resistance Ranger Summer Challenge
This summer, the America433+ coalition invites people of all ages and across all 50 states and territories to become Junior Resistance Rangers by exploring the stories that make our public lands — and our democracy — worth protecting.
Visit one of the 433+ National Park Service sites (or another public land near you), complete the Junior Resistance Ranger activities, take the pledge, and share a photo of your adventure.
Our goal is ambitious: we want every one of the 50 states and territories represented.
Here’s how to participate:
More ways to engage:
Visit the America433+ website to sign a petition to Congress demanding an end to censorship and protection for workers, a letter-writing campaign, and events.
The Resistance Rangers website offers booklets from two National Park Service sites (Arlington House and Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home) which the rangers are not allowed to distribute under this administration. You can challenge censorship by downloading, reading, and sharing them.
Posted: June 20, 2026