The National Parks Service removed an exhibit on slavery installed at Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park on Thursday.
Park staff was shown on video shared on social media removing explanatory panels of the 15-year-old “Freedom and Slavery in the Making of a New Nation” exhibit from walls displayed at the President’s House site, where Presidents George Washington and John Adams lived and conducted their executive branch business.
Washington and First Lady Martha Washington lived at the President’s House with slaves as the first president guided the formation of the young nation. The names of nine enslaved members of Washington’s household were listed on the exhibit along with other information about slavery. Their names remain engraved on a cement wall at the park….
National Parks Service Removes Slavery Exhibit in Philadelphia
