Ona Judge was born into slavery on George Washington’s plantation and escaped at age 22 from the president’s residence in Philadelphia on May 21, 1796. She hid on a boat to New Hampshire, later married, and had three children. May 21 is officially Ona Judge Day in Philadelphia, where a rally took place at the President’s House site. Participants called for restoring history and telling the whole truth. Panels about Judge and other enslaved people were removed in January after an executive order, and some were rehung after a judge’s order, but work was halted during an appeal. Judge is memorialized with bronze footprints embedded in the sidewalk symbolizing her escape to freedom.
"Judge, who was born into slavery on George Washington's plantation, was 22 years old when she slipped away from the president's official residence in Philadelphia on May 21, 1796. She hid on a boat that carried her to New Hampshire, where she later married and had three children."
"May 21st has been officially declared Ona Judge Day in Philadelphia, where a rally took place Thursday at the President's House site, a target of the Trump administration's efforts to remove information it deems "disparaging" to Americans from federal properties. Participants chanted "Tell the truth! Restore our history!" after hearing from those involved in fighting to restore exhibits about Judge and other people enslaved at the site."
"The panels were abruptly removed in January following an executive order from President Donald Trump. Some of the exhibits were restored following a judge's order, but the work has been halted while the administration appeals. A panel featuring Judge is among those that have been rehung, and she is further memorialized in a series of bronze footprints embedded in the sidewalk symbolizing how she escaped to freedom."
""You can't love America without knowing the good, the bad and the ugly," she said. "Slavery was part of our American story, and that is not something that we should hide or run aw"
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