Court Reinstates Slavery Exhibit, Undercutting Trump History Rewrite
TL;DR
A Bush-appointed federal judge ordered the National Park Service to restore a slavery exhibit at Philadelphia’s President’s House after the Trump administration had removed it, condemning the move as an attempted rewrite of history and citing George Orwell’s 1984; the White House plans an appeal and a related Philadelphia mayoral lawsuit continues.
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- Donald Trump Hit With Humiliating Defeat on Presidents Day The Daily Beast
- Judge orders slavery exhibit to be restored after Trump administration removal The Washington Post
- Department of the Interior appeals order to restore slavery exhibits at President's House site in Philadelphia 6abc Philadelphia
- Trump administration plans to appeal judge ruling over President’s House slavery exhibits Inquirer.com
- Trump administration ordered to restore George Washington slavery exhibit it removed in Philadelphia AP News
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