US EditionSlavery exhibit removed by Trump administration being restored ahead of deadline
A federal judge ruled the removal violated agreements and distorted history, ordering restoration of panels depicting nine enslaved people at George Washington's Philadelphia home.
- On Feb. 19, 2026, National Park Service workers reinstalled a slavery exhibit at the Former President's House on Independence Mall, restoring displays removed last month.
- On Monday, Senior U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe granted an injunction ordering the materials restored and barring Trump officials from creating new site interpretations.
- Citing her 40-page opinion, Senior U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe warned that `the government does not have the power to dissemble and disassemble historical truths` while ordering the exhibit's restoration.
- Mayor Cherelle Parker visited the site Thursday morning and thanked the workers, the U.S. Attorney's Office declined to comment, and the administration argues it alone decides narratives at National Park Service properties.
- By restoring the displays, the ruling affects presentation of slavery at a major national historic site and highlights who shapes narratives about the people enslaved by George Washington at the former President's House, Independence Mall.
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Court Orders Slavery Exhibit At George Washington’s House Restored After Trump Admin Pulled It Down
The Trump administration's project for erasing the parts of American history they find inconvenient continues unabated. But that doesn't mean it doesn't hit the occasional roadblock. In January, the administration removed portions of an exhibit at the former Philadelphia home of George Washington that made reference to 9 slaves he owned that spent time at…
Slavery exhibit partly restored in Philadelphia after removal by Trump admin
Some parts of an exhibit about the history of slavery began being restored this week in Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park after they were removed by the Trump administration in January. A federal judge ruled on Monday that the exhibit needed to be put back up, giving officials a Friday deadline to do so. However, an appeals court ruled late Friday that work on it can stop while federal government officials appeal the reinstall…
The US government began reinstalling an exhibit on the slaves of the first US president, George Washington, on Thursday after federal judge Cynthia Ruffe ordered it to return it to the Independence Mall National Monument, US media reported.
The panels in Philadelphia told the story of the people enslaved by the father of the nation, Washington.
Slavery exhibit reinstalled despite legal fight
PHILADELPHIA — An exhibit detailing the lives of nine people enslaved by President George Washington in Philadelphia is being reinstalled on Thursday, despite an ongoing legal fight between the city and the Trump administration.
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