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, 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 Martha Washington lived with nine of their slaves in the 1790s, when Philadelphia was briefly the nation’s capital. The removal came in response to a Trump executive order “restoring truth and sanity to American history” at the nation’s museums, parks and landmarks.
Trump administration ordered to restore George Washington slavery exhibit it removed in Philadelphia