NPSHistory.com keeps the administrative histories, handbooks and reports for Gateway National Recreation Area.
📚 Learn More at NPSHistory.com →Gateway NRA in NY preserves a piece of American history that the public has trusted the National Park Service to protect and interpret. The exhibit panels at this site have been developed over years by historians, subject-matter experts, and park staff — and are now being reviewed under Secretary's Order 3431.
From the internal review records: “There are two exhibit panels in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center that may need to be reviewed. There is one digital exhibit in the Sandy Hook Visitor Center that may need to be reviewed. There is one wayside panel at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and one wayside panel at Sandy Hook that may need to be reviewed. Photos of the exhibits and waysides have been attached, along with ...”
Why this matters: Gateway NRA is part of a network of over 400 national parks that serve as America's classrooms. The interpretive materials here were developed by subject-matter experts to help visitors understand the full story of this place. When historically accurate content is removed, the public loses access to its own history.
There are two exhibit panels in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center that may need to be reviewed. There is one digital exhibit in the Sandy Hook Visitor Center that may need to be reviewed. There is one wayside panel at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and one wayside panel at Sandy Hook that may need to be reviewed. Photos of the exhibits and waysides have been attached, along with transcription of the text in question.
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