Empty bolt holes and shadows are all that remains on the brick walls where explanatory panels were displayed at the President's House Site, where George and Martha Washington lived with the people they owned as property during the years when Philadelphia was the nation's capital. One woman cried silently at their absence. Someone left a bouquet of flowers. A hand-lettered sign said "Slavery was real."
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) accused President Donald Trump on Thursday of trying to whitewash history after workers removed slavery exhibits near Philadelphia's Independence Hall. That afternoon, workers from the National Park Service were seen dismantling exhibits at the President's House in Independence National Historical Park. Those exhibits, as many have pointed out, all involved the subject of slavery. The National Park Service has started dismantling exhibits about slavery at the President's House in Independence National Historical Park.