Kevin M. Levin: The National Park Service's Loss is Our Loss [View all]

[Dennis Donovan]

Kevin M. Levin - The National Park Service's Loss is Our Loss

Kevin M. Levin
Feb 15, 2025

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I want to share just one person’s heartbreak at receiving the news of his firing yesterday. I don’t know Brian, but my heart goes out to him and his family. He posted this on his personal Facebook page.




Brian’s loss is our loss. It is the nation’s loss and it is going to have reverberations for years to come.

Will the next generation come to see the NPS as a place to live out their dreams and do the essential work that will preserve these sites for posterity. I have my doubts.

I’ve heard through the grapevine that Gettysburg National Military Park lost three employees and that at another Civil War site, the entire interpretive staff was gutted. (I will share additional details about this as they become available.)

Events are already being cancelled. We are already seeing the impact of the firings here in Massachusetts, where we are getting ready to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Lexington and Concord. Minuteman National Historic Park, which oversees this history, has already cancelled one event in March due to lack of staffing.

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