"the government claims it alone has the power to erase, alter, remove and hide historical accounts."
"As if the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell's '1984' now existed, with its motto 'Ignorance is Strength,' this Court is now asked to determine whether the federal government has the power it claims to dissemble and disassemble"
"restoring truth and sanity to American history"
US District Judge Cynthia Rufe ordered that an exhibit about people enslaved by George Washington be temporarily restored at his former Philadelphia home while a lawsuit challenging the removal proceeds. All removed materials must be returned to their original condition during the litigation. Philadelphia sued after the National Park Service removed explanatory panels and a video installation in January. The exhibit opened in 2010 and honored nine people enslaved by the Washingtons. The judge barred the Trump administration from installing replacement displays that present the site's history differently. The Park Service removed the exhibit after an executive order "restoring truth and sanity to American history," and Rufe cited Orwell's 1984 while criticizing the government's claimed power to erase historical accounts.
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