“These efforts to tamper with our history set an unacceptable precedent. What history will they attempt to distort and delete next?" -NPCA's Alan Spears

“It is reckless and short-sighted to shutter offices without a careful examination of what they protect. These closures will cripple NPS's ability to operate safely and will mean millions of irreplaceable artifacts will be left vulnerable or worse, lost," -NPCA President and CEO Theresa Pierno

“For anyone who has ever earned the honor to wear the green and gray, it represents often years of dedication, setbacks, and toil at low wages in order to prove that you have the chops to work at the National Park Service," -Angela Moxley, former botanist at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park