Carol Quillen

The list of 11 places has a theme, honoring the idea that all people are created equal.

It includes the oldest Quaker meeting house in Massachusetts and a few sites that have been affected by President Trump's administration, including the President's House in Philadelphia, where the National Park Service removed some information about enslaved people there.

National Trust President Carol Quillen calls that historical erasure.

That's a threat to preservation that we're also interested in protesting.

The National Trust is currently suing the Trump administration over its construction of a ballroom on White House grounds.

Nada Ulipi, NPR News.

We feel like we have no choice here.

We need to fulfill our mission.

We need to speak on behalf of the American public.

And we need to make the case that these processes are important and that respecting them matters because our history matters.

We feel like we have no choice here.

We need to fulfill our mission.

We need to speak on behalf of the American public.

And we need to make the case that these processes are important.

and that respecting them matters because our history matters.