Philadelphia sues over removal of slavery exhibit at Independence National Historical Park
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The National Park Service has removed an exhibit on slavery at Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park. Crews took explanatory panels off brick walls at the site of the presidential mansion
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The National Park Service has removed an exhibit on slavery at Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park. Crews took explanatory panels off brick walls at the site of the presidential mansion
“The interpretive displays relating to enslaved persons at President’s House are an integral part of the exhibit and removing them would be a material alteration to the exhibit,” the lawsuit reads
Crews took explanatory panels off brick walls at the site of the presidential mansion where George and Martha Washington lived with the people they enslaved.
The City of Philadelphia is suing the Trump administration after the National Park Service removed a long-standing exhibit on slavery in the city’s Independence National Historical Park.
National Park Service workers removed slavery exhibits at the President’s House site at Independence National Historical Park on Thursday. Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro have both responded to the removal, with the city reviewing its agreement with the fede…
Exhibits honoring nine people who were enslaved at George Washington's house in Center City were dismantled Thursday. Michael Coard, who spearheaded the memorial's installation in 2010, called the move 'blatantly racist.'
