by John F Di Leo at American Thinker
The latest tempest in a teapot (a more apt metaphor than most, thanks to Yellowstone’s famous geysers) concerns the recent announcement of fee-free days at America’s national parks in 2026.
Just like employers, retail stores, and any other business that operates on a calendar, the National Park Service announces its schedule for the following year in November or December, and the latest announcement has the left in an uproar of imagined offense and calculated fury. As the press reports it, “Juneteenth and Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday have been removed as free days, and Trump’s birthday has been added.”
You can see why the perpetually upset would be triggered.
The true story is a bit more detailed, infinitely more sensible, and not remotely racist, despite the left’s crocodile tears.
First, let’s look at the free day list at America’s national parks for 2025:
- January 20: Martin Luther King Jr Day
- April 19: Start of National Park Week
- June 19: Juneteenth
- August 4: Great American Outdoors Day
- September 27: National Public Lands Day
- November 11: Veterans’ Day
Now, if you look at that list without any preconceived notions, what would you think was the determining factor for that particular selection?
It can’t be support of America’s ethnic groups;…
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