National Parks Service Removes Slavery Exhibit in Philadelphia

The exhibit detailed names and information about enslaved people owned by George and Martha Washington and other stories of slavery.
National Parks Service Removes Slavery Exhibit in Philadelphia
People look at an informational panel at the President’s House site in Philadelphia on Aug. 19, 2025. Matt Rourke/AP Photo
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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.
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