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Judge Orders Harpers Ferry Black Exhibit Reinstated After Trump Ban

6/26/2026

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2025 executive order removed Elizabeth Kerwin’s Black-history exhibit at Harpers Ferry.
Judge Angel Kelley ordered the Interior Department to reinstate the exhibit by July 4, rejecting a delay.
Former park rangers held a Juneteenth teach-in at Harpers Ferry to spotlight the cancelled exhibit.
Resistance Rangers printed banned pamphlets and plan a national protest to collect signatures for a declaration of interdependence.

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2025 executive order removed Elizabeth Kerwin’s Black-history exhibit at Harpers Ferry.
Judge Angel Kelley ordered the Interior Department to reinstate the exhibit by July 4, rejecting a delay.
Former park rangers held a Juneteenth teach-in at Harpers Ferry to spotlight the cancelled exhibit.
Resistance Rangers printed banned pamphlets and plan a national protest to collect signatures for a declaration of interdependence.