On Monday morning, a large crowd gathered on the Richmond waterfront outside the Rosie the Riveter World War II Homefront National Historic Park visitor center — the same day that the National Park Service turned 109 years old.

The people assembled were there for a day of action called “Protect Our Parks, Save Our Histories,” in protest at attempts by President Donald Trump’s second administration to defund national parks — and what organizers called the White House’s effort to “erase inclusive narratives from public interpretation.”

Many held signs in support of the park service and its staff, while a chain of people held placards that spelled out “PROTECT OUR PARKS.”

For independent historian Donna Graves, who led the development of the Rosie the Riveter site a quarter of a cent

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