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The Trump administration has removed a slavery exhibition at the home of former President George Washington in Philadelphia, according to The Associated Press.
A slavery-focused exhibit at Washington’s home was swapped on Wednesday out by the administration with another version, which historians have said isn’t historically accurate, according to the AP.
Mayor Cherelle Parker (D) said in a statement posted to the social platform X Wednesday that Philadelphia “remains committed to the honest and accurate portrayal of history at the President’s House.”
“A portrayal that was the hard-fought and hard-won result of the effort of countless federal, state, and local officials as well as advocates, including Avenging the Ancestors Coalition, dedicated to telling the truth,” she added.
The mayor said that during the previous night, “the federal government removed panels at the President’s House that told a thorough history of Philadelphia.” Parker said that the Trump administration had the authority to do so via a federal court decision.
The exhibit opened 16 years ago and features the history of enslaved people that lived in the former executive mansion, including nine people enslaved by Washington. Washington, as well as former President John Adams, lived in the home prior to the construction of the White House.
This is not the first time the exhibit has been removed. It was taken down in January, but restored in February before a federal judge’s deadline ordering the National Park Service (NPS) to bring the exhibit back.
The Hill has reached out to the Department of the Interior for comment.
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