US EditionSlavery exhibit must be restored, judge says
- On Monday, US District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe ordered the slavery exhibit at George Washington's former Philadelphia residence temporarily restored while barring the Trump administration from installing replacements during litigation.
- After January removals of 34 panels and a video, the City of Philadelphia sued the Interior Department and National Park Service, filing for a preliminary injunction on Feb. 6 to restore the exhibition.
- On Jan. 22, the National Park Service removed 34 educational panels and a placard about slavery to comply with a Trump executive order, officials said.
- Rufe wrote, 'As if the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell's '1984' now existed, with its motto 'Ignorance is Strength', this court is now asked to determine whether the federal government has the power it claims- to dissemble and disassemble historical truths when it has some domain over historical facts,' sharply rebuking the government's arguments and emphasizing law and consultation limits.
- The site is among several where the administration has altered content, including Philadelphia, Stonewall National Monument, and Little Bighorn National Monument, raising concerns about federal authority to change historical exhibits.
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Judge: Trump Administration Must Restore Slavery Exhibit In Philadelphia
Source: NurPhoto / Getty As the Trump administration continues to prove itself to be a bigoted white supremacist organization by directing the National Park Service to remove Black history exhibits depicting slavery and the Jim Crow era, so that the eyes of the white and eternally fragile won’t feel bombarded by them, one judge has ordered the administration to reinstall an exhibit honoring the enslaved people who were owned by President George …
Federal Judge Restores Philadelphia Slavery Exhibit Removed by Trump Admin
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore an exhibit detailing the lives of nine enslaved individuals at George Washington's Philadelphia home, after it was removed last month. The decision spotlights ongoing debates over how America's history should be presented and remembered. Critics saw this move as an attempt to whitewash uncomfortable parts of history. The controversy over history in the park In January, the National …
Judge slams Trump administration after removal of Philadelphia slavery exhibit
A judge in the United States has ordered the National Park Service (NPS) to restore an exhibit about nine people who were enslaved by former president George Washington at a historical site in the city of Philadelphia.
Slavery Exhibits Will Return to Washington's Home
Visitors to George Washington's former Philadelphia home will once again be told the nation's first president kept slaves there, the New York Times reports. A federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore exhibits on Washington's enslaved household at the President's House Site, finding the federal government...
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Richmond Times-DispatchSlavery exhibit must be restored, judge says
An exhibit about nine people enslaved by George Washington must be restored at his former home in Philadelphia after President Donald Trump's administration took it down last month, U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe ruled on Presidents Day, the federal holiday…
Federal court blocks Trump-era removal of slave history exhibit at historic site
An exhibit about nine people enslaved by George Washington must be restored at his former home in Philadelphia after President Donald Trumps administration took it down last month, a federal judge ruled on Presidents Day, the federal holiday honoring Washington's legacy.The city of Philadelphia sued in January after the National Park Service removed the explanatory panels from Independence National Historical Park, the site where George and Mart…
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