US EditionShapiro Takes Legal Action After Philadelphia Slavery Exhibits Were Removed Under Trump Order
Philadelphia sued the National Park Service and Interior Department to restore slavery memorial panels removed without notice, citing violation of a 2006 agreement and federal laws.
- On Jan. 22, 2026, National Park Service staff removed slavery exhibits from the President's House at Independence National Historical Park, and the City of Philadelphia filed a complaint seeking to restore the panels.
- President Donald Trump's March 27, 2025 executive order `Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History` prompted a federal review, the U.S. Department of the Interior confirmed.
- One removed panel showed Richard Allen and Absalom Jones and was later photographed in a truck, while Philadelphia says panels were taken "without notice" breaching a 2006 agreement.
- A federal judge will hear the city's injunction request on Friday, as Governor Shapiro said, `'Donald Trump will take any opportunity to rewrite and whitewash our history- but he picked the wrong city and the wrong Commonwealth.'`
- Faith leaders, including Rev. Wayne Weathers, expressed concern that removing the panels erases the story of resilience, warning `To wipe it away, you run the risk of it returning,` while the Avenging the Ancestors Coalition pressed for their return Tuesday.
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Shapiro sues Trump Admin for removal of slavery exhibit
Harrisburg, Pa. — Yesterday, Governor Josh Shapiro filed an amicus brief in support of the City of Philadelphia’s lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s decision to remove a historical exhibit on slavery from the President’s House Site at Independence National Historical…
Faith leaders criticize Trump administration's removal of Philadelphia slavery exhibit
(RNS) — Religious leaders are among those objecting to the National Park Service’s removal of a historic exhibit about slavery located steps away from Philadelphia’s Liberty Bell and that featured African Methodist Episcopal Church founder Richard Allen and Absalom Jones, the first Black priest in the Episcopal Church. On Thursday (Jan. 22), exhibit supporters and city officials learned that NPS staffers had removed panels from “The President’s …
President’s House slavery exhibit: Lawsuit supporters protest ahead of Friday hearing
Members of Avenging the Ancestors Coalition (ATAC) gathered in Center City near the President’s House site Wednesday morning to rally for the return of placards and displays related to the location’s ties to slavery that were taken down last week by National Park Service employees. The rally came two days before the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is scheduled to hear the city of Philadelphia’s lawsuit objecting to the exhibition’s removal, fil…
Shapiro takes legal action to support city’s lawsuit over slavery exhibit removal
Gov. Josh Shapiro has thrown his support behind the City of Philadelphia’s lawsuit against the federal government over the removal of slavery displays from the President’s House on Independence Mall.
An exhibit about slavery has been removed from Independence National Historic Park in Philadelphia. The dismantling was done after Donald Trump's directive to remove
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