"At issue is the President's House in Philadelphia, where the first two presidents - Washington and John Adams - worked during at least part of their terms as president. Washington, who was a slaveholder, had at least nine enslaved people working for him when he lived in that house, something that used to be part of the exhibit at the house, which is now managed by the National Park Service."
"But the Trump administration ordered that fact removed from the exhibit last month. Their reasoning was that national monuments should not have language that "inappropriately disparage[s] Americans past or living, and noting that Washington was a slaveholder is apparently considered disparaging even though it's true. The city of Philadelphia sued the administration, and yesterday, it won an injunction blocking a change in the exhibition at the President's House as the case works its way through the legal system."
The President's House in Philadelphia served as a workplace for Presidents George Washington and John Adams and retains foundations and artifacts from that era. George Washington owned at least nine enslaved people who worked at the house while he lived there, and the National Park Service managed an exhibit noting that fact. The Trump administration ordered removal of the exhibit language, arguing national monuments should not contain language that "inappropriately disparage[s] Americans past or living." The city of Philadelphia sued, and a judge granted an injunction blocking the exhibition change and criticized the administration's argument as horrifying and dangerous.
Read at LGBTQ Nation
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]