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Slavery exhibit must be restored, judge says
- On Monday, US District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe ordered the slavery exhibit at George Washington's former Philadelphia residence temporarily restored while barring the Trump administration from installing replacements during litigation.
- After January removals of 34 panels and a video, the City of Philadelphia sued the Interior Department and National Park Service, filing for a preliminary injunction on Feb. 6 to restore the exhibition.
- On Jan. 22, the National Park Service removed 34 educational panels and a placard about slavery to comply with a Trump executive order, officials said.
- Rufe wrote, 'As if the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell's '1984' now existed, with its motto 'Ignorance is Strength', this court is now asked to determine whether the federal government has the power it claims- to dissemble and disassemble historical truths when it has some domain over historical facts,' sharply rebuking the government's arguments and emphasizing law and consultation limits.
- The site is among several where the administration has altered content, including Philadelphia, Stonewall National Monument, and Little Bighorn National Monument, raising concerns about federal authority to change historical exhibits.
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Trump administration is erasing history and science at national parks, lawsuit argues - Boston News, Weather, Sports
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservation and historical organizations sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over National Park Service policies that the groups say erase history and science from America’s national parks. A lawsuit filed in Boston says orders by President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum have forced park service staff to remove or censor exhibits that share factually accurate and relevant U.S. history and scientific knowl…
Federal Judge Tells The Trump Administration To Quit Acting Like Big Brother
As if the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell’s 1984 now existed, with its motto ‘Ignorance is Strength,’ this Court is now asked to determine whether the federal government has the power it claims—to dissemble and disassemble historical truths when it has some domain over historical facts. It does not. — Judge Cynthia M. Rufe granting the City of Philadelphia a preliminary injunction holding the federal government must restore signage, displays …
Washington, Feb 17 (EFE).- A U.S. federal judge has ordered President Donald Trump’s government to fully restore an exhibition of nine enslaved people serving the first U.S. president, George Washington, in his former residence in Philadelphia, after the administration ordered it to be removed last month. Judge Cynthia Rufe, from the East District of Pennsylvania, issued an opinion forcing the National Park Service to re-establish 34 educational…
A judge has ordered the reopening of a slavery exhibit that the Trump administration had closed. The president is trying to paint a picture of the United States as white and successful, an expert says.
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