The Trump administration installed new information panels on slavery at George Washington's Philadelphia home on Wednesday. This action follows a federal appeals court ruling that opened the way to changing how slavery is portrayed at the national historical site. The exhibit is located where the Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776.
The panels are located at the President's House, where the Founding Father's family lived with nine enslaved people from 1790 to 1797. The new installation replaces a previous exhibit concerning the people enslaved by George Washington.
Critics and historians argue that the new exhibition presents a sanitized view of U.S. history and whitewashes the subject. Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker stated that the federal government removed panels that told a thorough history of Philadelphia overnight and under the cover of darkness.