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National Park signage encourages the public to help erase negative stories at its sites

In 2014, National Park Service employee Jennifer Mummart holds a Civil War-era photo of Selina Norris Gray at the site where the photo was taken — what is now Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Gray was a Black woman known for saving some of George Washington's heirlooms when Union soldiers seized and occupied Arlington House, the home of Confederate Army Gen. Robert E. Lee, on May 24, 1861. (AP)
In 2014, National Park Service employee Jennifer Mummart holds a Civil War-era photo of Selina Norris Gray at the site where the photo was taken — what is now Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Gray was a Black woman known for saving some of George Washington's heirlooms when Union soldiers seized and occupied Arlington House, the home of Confederate Army Gen. Robert E. Lee, on May 24, 1861. (AP)

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