An appeals court on July 3 permitted the National Park Service to proceed with replacing a slavery exhibit at President George Washington’s house in Philadelphia.
The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a mandate after government lawyers asked the court to allow the National Park Service to “begin work immediately and install its new exhibits” at the site.
Government lawyers said in a July 2 motion that the agency has designed “replacement panels” for the President’s House and was prepared to install them once the lower court’s injunction requiring the restoration of removed exhibits was dissolved.
“The President’s House is an important national historical site, and the government submits that the President’s House exhibits should be fully installed without further delay,” the motion stated….
Appeals Court Allows National Park Service to Replace Slavery Exhibit in Philadelphia
