"The site, which honors the home of George Washington and John Adams, is a major landmark that bore artwork and informational signs for more than a decade. But on 22 January, National Park Service (NPS) workers used hand tools to pry off 34 panels to comply with a presidential executive order designed to reframe the national narrative. The panels that highlighted the lives of people enslaved by George Washington when Philadelphia was the US capital in the 1790s are now in storage."
"The removal is one of several across the nation, as NPS staff aim to conform with Trump's executive order Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History issued on 27 March 2025. Public markers, monuments and statues that the Trump administration considers disparaging to past or current Americans have been flagged at more than a dozen parks. Two exhibits at Montana's Little Bighorn battlefield national monument that discuss Indigenous history and the Battle of the Little Bighorn have been targeted and deemed noncompliant."
On 22 January National Park Service workers pried 34 panels from the walls of the President's House in Philadelphia and placed them in storage. The panels documented the lives of people enslaved by George Washington when Philadelphia was the US capital in the 1790s. The removals comply with President Trump's executive order Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History, issued on 27 March 2025. NPS has flagged similar exhibits nationwide, including two exhibits at Little Bighorn, climate-change signage at Muir Woods, and brochures at the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home. Critics say the actions damage NPS credibility and limit public access to a well-rounded founding narrative.
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