Diverse hiking group questions National Park Service dropping free entry on Black holidays

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) — The Trump administration has released a new National Parks calendar that overhauls which holidays qualify for free entry – removing Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth, while adding President Donald Trump’s birthday, which also falls on Flag Day.

The National Park Service announced the changes as part of a broader effort the administration describes as “modernization.” But they immediately drew criticism from advocates who view the shift as symbolic.

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