The Trump administration isn’t bothering with subtext anymore. Next year, Americans will get free admission to national parks on a new set of designated dates—but Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth are no longer among them.

Instead, the National Park Service has added President Donald Trump’s birthday, which lands on Flag Day.

It’s a small bureaucratic change with an unmistakable message about what the administration chooses to spotlight—and what it doesn’t.

Until now, MLK Day and Juneteenth—two of the country’s most visible markers of Black history and freedom—had been routine fixtures on the National Park Service’s annual list. In 2024, both were included. Trump’s birthday, June 14, was not.

Civil rights leaders saw the shift for precisely what it was.

“The raw & rank racism

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