What’s Changed at the President’s House with the Trump Administration’s New Exhibit
The new displays keep the names of nine enslaved people but soften language about George Washington and expand coverage of abolition and independence.
- On Wednesday, the Trump administration replaced 34 educational panels at President George Washington's Philadelphia home with 11 new displays following a federal appeals court ruling permitting the changes.
- The changes stem from President Donald Trump's 2025 executive order to eliminate 'divisive narratives' from national parks; a three-judge panel reversed a lower court's injunction in July, allowing the federal government to proceed.
- Original displays like 'The Dirty Business of Slavery' detailed the enslaved population's growth by nearly 200,000 from 1790 to 1800, but historians argue the new panels soften Washington's role in slavery while highlighting the Constitution and Civil Rights movement.
- Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker denounced the removal as occurring 'under the cover of darkness,' while the Interior Department defended the new panels as 'full of historical context' acknowledging enslaved individuals' humanity.
- Michael Coard, founder of the Avenging the Ancestors Coalition, plans to challenge the legal rulings to restore the original panels, part of broader Trump administration efforts to reshape how historic institutions present American history.
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Feds redo slavery display at Philadelphia
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's administration put up new information panels on slavery Wednesday at George Washington's Philadelphia home following a federal appeals court ruling that opened the way to changing how slavery is portrayed at the national historical site.
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Dothan EagleFeds redo slavery display at Philadelphia landmark
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's administration put up new information panels on slavery Wednesday at George Washington's Philadelphia home following a federal appeals court ruling that opened the way to changing how slavery is portrayed at the national historical site.
New slavery exhibit whitewashes history, some historians say - Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group
By Corey Williams and Tassanee Vejpongsa Contributing Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An exhibit on slavery at the site of President George Washington’s home in Philadelphia is being replaced with a revised version that many historians say whitewashes the nation’s history. The Trump administration ordered the new exhibit installed in the same area where the Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776. “Overnight, under the cover of darkne…
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What’s changed at the President’s House with the Trump administration’s new exhibit
PHILADELPHIA — The National Park Service removed early Wednesday the few panels that remained from the slavery exhibit at the President’s House, and replaced them with new panels. The original displays were deemed to “inappropriately disparage Americans past or living”…
Federal government replaces slavery exhibition at Washington's home in Philadelphia
Visitors view the reinstalled educational panels about slavery at the site of President George Washington’s home in Philadelphia, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa)Visitors view the reinstalled educational panels about slavery at the site of President George Washington’s home in Philadelphia, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa)Visitors view the reinstalled educational panels about slavery at the site of P…
Feds redo slavery display at Philly landmark
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's administration put up new information panels on slavery Wednesday at George Washington's Philadelphia home following a federal appeals court ruling that opened the way to changing how slavery is portrayed at the national historical site.
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