Court says the US can install historical panels at the site of Washington’s Philadelphia home
Summary
A U.S. appeals court ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration can reinstall educational panels about slavery at the site of George Washington’s home in Philadelphia. The panels had been removed after Trump’s 2025 executive order that limited negative historical information at federal historic sites.Key Facts
- The panels describe how nine slaves lived with George and Martha Washington in the 1790s.
- The site is near where the Declaration of Independence was adopted in 1776.
- The original panels were installed in 2010 and removed after President Trump’s 2025 executive order.
- The order requires federally controlled historic sites to focus on positive achievements of Americans.
- A three-judge panel from the U.S. 3rd Circuit of Appeals supported reinstalling the new panels.
- Philadelphia sued to stop the reinstall, saying the site is important for telling a significant, suppressed story.
- About half of the new panels were put up earlier this year before a court halted the installation.
- The National Park Service has not announced when the panels will be fully reinstalled.
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