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amcgrath

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2. I have visited a few national parks/monuments
Sun Nov 11, 2018, 02:07 PM
Nov 2018

Along with the very dedicated stewardship of the land, I was struck by the candour and knowledge of the staff.
In many visits to the US, nowhere have I encountered people so knowledgable and honest about the history of the country and their parks.
At Rushmore I asked about the record of each of the presidents depicted, staff could detail every reason why those faces were considered insulting to the area, the laws they passed, the betrayals they made to the Natives
I encountered similar honesty at Little Bighorn. It wasn't 'un-American', it was a highly admirable devotion to facts and history.
It makes it all the more galling to see Trump attacking these institutions and their staff - as he attacks other governments departments who deal in facts.

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