WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Angus King issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME), Ranking Member of the Senate National Parks Subcommittee, is urging the Department of Interior to protect historical accuracy within the "monuments, memorials, statues, markers, or similar properties" under the National Park Service (NPS) jurisdiction. In a letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, King requests information pertaining to Executive Order 14253 "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History," and Secretarial Order 3431, "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History" which together directs the Department to remove or alter properties that present American history in a negative light.
King wrote in the letter, "In the...