{"id":2421323,"date":"2025-04-08T16:55:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T20:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nps-restores-harriet-tubman-mention-in-underground-railroad-website-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T16:59:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T20:59:58","slug":"nps-restores-harriet-tubman-mention-in-underground-railroad-website-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nps-restores-harriet-tubman-mention-in-underground-railroad-website-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"NPS restores Harriet Tubman mention in Underground Railroad website &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnps-restores-harriet-tubman-mention-in-underground-railroad-website-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2421323&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The National Park Service (NPS) <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">recently reversed controversial edits made<\/a> to it&#8217;s webpage on Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad, which had been altered without the approval of senior leadership. The edits,revealed on Sunday,involved the removal of key references,an image,and a quote about Tubman,along with important context regarding enslaved individuals and the fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Following public backlash and scrutiny, NPS spokeswoman Rachel Pawlitz confirmed that the webpage was restored to its original content on Monday. The initial version highlighted the resistance against enslavement and the efforts of enslaved African Americans to gain their freedom, which was significantly altered in the edited version. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-golf-course-gunman-exploited-gap-thats-been-on-radar-of-secret-service-for-years-report\/\" title=\"Trump Golf Course Gunman Exploited Gap That&#039;s Been on Radar of Secret Service for Years: Report\">incident reflects broader issues<\/a> within federal agencies under the Trump administration concerning similar removals of references to prominent figures in civil rights.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">NPS restores Harriet Tubman mention in Underground Railroad page after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stephen-a-smith-open-to-presidential-bid\/\" title=\"Stephen A. Smith \u2018open\u2019 to presidential bid -\">edits made &#038;lsquo<\/a>;without approval&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2044788\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/national-park-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">National Park Service<\/a> reversed controversial edits to a webpage about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/2843233\/black-history-heroes-series-harriet-tubman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Harriet Tubman<\/a> and the Underground Railroad she helped lead in the 1800s.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, it was revealed that references, an image, and a quote attributed to Tubman had been removed from the federal agency&rsquo;s website. Details about &ldquo;enslaved&rdquo; people and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 were also deleted before the NPS restored the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/subjects\/undergroundrailroad\/what-is-the-underground-railroad.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">webpage <\/a>to its original content, saying on Monday that the changes had been made &ldquo;without approval&rdquo; from senior leadership.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3374088\/ron-johnson-urges-house-republicans-hold-off-passing-trump-budget-plan\/\">Ron Johnson urges House Republicans to &#8216;hold off&#8217; passing Trump budget plan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3373879\/witkoff-meet-iran-foreign-minister-nuclear-program\/\">Witkoff to meet Iran foreign minister, use mediators to talk about nuclear program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3373861\/menendez-brothers-los-angeles-district-attorney-wont-resentence\/\">LA DA won&#8217;t resentence Menendez brothers until they give up &#8216;lie&#8217; about parent&#8217;s murder<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Changes to the Underground Railroad page on the National Park Service&rsquo;s website were made without approval from NPS leadership nor Department leadership,&rdquo; NPS spokeswoman Rachel Pawlitz <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/harriet-tubman-park-service-trump-dei-a8dbb6fa252518d0598aad5f0ce6f1ab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told<\/a> the <em>Associated Press<\/em>. &rdquo;The webpage was immediately restored to its original content.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A side-by-side <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/diff\/20250121004926\/20250319095227\/https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/subjects\/undergroundrailroad\/what-is-the-underground-railroad.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">analysis<\/a> of the original webpage and the edited page revealed extensive edits regarding the Underground Railroad, a secret network of &ldquo;safe&rdquo; routes and houses that played a pivotal role in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-conservative-christian-minister-risked-all-to-abolish-slavery\/\" title=\"This Conservative Christian Minister Risked All To Abolish ...\">helping slaves escape<\/a> to freedom when slavery was still legal in the United States.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This 1860-75 photo made available by the Library of Congress shows Harriet Tubman. (Harvey B. Lindsley\/Library of Congress via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The original opening paragraph read: &ldquo;The Underground Railroad&mdash;the resistance to enslavement through escape and flight, through the end of the Civil War&mdash;refers to the efforts of enslaved African Americans to gain their freedom by escaping bondage. Wherever slavery existed, there were efforts to escape.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At first to maroon communities in remote or rugged terrain on the edge of settled areas and eventually across state and international borders. These acts of self-emancipation labeled slaves as &lsquo;fugitives,&rsquo; &lsquo;escapees,&rsquo; or &lsquo;runaways,&rsquo; but in retrospect, &lsquo;freedom seeker&rsquo; is a more accurate description,&rdquo; it continued. &ldquo;Many freedom seekers began their journey unaided and many completed their self-emancipation without assistance, but each subsequent decade in which slavery was legal in the United States, there was an increase in active efforts to assist escape.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The edited page read: &ldquo;The Underground Railroad&mdash;flourished from the end of the 18th century to the end of the Civil War, was one of the most significant expressions of the American civil rights movement during its evolution over more than three centuries.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Underground Railroad bridged the divides of race, religion, sectional differences, and nationality; spanned State lines and international borders; and joined the American ideals of liberty and freedom expressed in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution to the extraordinary actions of ordinary men and women working in common purpose to free a people,&rdquo; it continued.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3322560\/vanderbilt-u-medical-center-removes-dei-from-websites-following-trump-executive-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VANDERBILT U MEDICAL CENTER REMOVES DEI FROM WEBSITES FOLLOWING TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The NPS debacle comes as other federal agencies, most prominently the Department of Defense, have faced fierce backlash for similar &ldquo;mistakes&rdquo; in which references to black or other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-welcomes-praises-delinquent-texas-democrats-who-fled-state-to-avoid-passing-election-integrity-laws\/\" title=\"Harris welcomes, praises delinquent Texas Democrats who fled ... to avoid passing election integrity laws\">civil rights figures<\/a> and famed U.S. icons were removed as the Trump administration works<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3301027\/hegseth-sets-out-eradicate-dei-from-pentagon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> to cut <\/a>diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives from the government.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In March, an ESPN columnist expressed particular outrage after the Defense Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3352186\/espn-employee-department-of-defense-removing-jackie-robinson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">appeared to remove<\/a> an article about famed black baseball player Jackie Robinson from the agency&rsquo;s website. The article was promptly restored the following day, and the Pentagon<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3355619\/pentagon-dei-removal-efforts-marred-incorrectly-flagged-content\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> suggested<\/a> it had been &ldquo;mistakenly&rdquo; or &ldquo;maliciously&rdquo; removed in an unauthorized manner. But the incident and similar mistakes with other war heroes, such as the Navajo Code Talkers and the Tuskegee Airmen, have clouded the Trump administration&rsquo;s anti-DEI efforts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2044788\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2044788\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NPS reinstates Harriet Tubman references on Underground Railroad page after unauthorized edits<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2421324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/harriet-tubman.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[53087,36341,12829,53088,32076],"class_list":["post-2421323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-harriet-tubman","tag-nps","tag-restoration","tag-underground-railroad","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/harriet-tubman.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2421323"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2421328,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421323\/revisions\/2421328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2421324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2421323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2421323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2421323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}