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This week, the National Park Service removed an exhibit from Independence National Historical Park examining the legacy of slavery at the site.

The interpretive display, located at the President’s House Site at the park, depicted individuals who had been enslaved by George Washington, along with a timeline detailing the history of slavery in America. Washington and John Adams both resided at the site during their presidencies.

The move is the latest action by the Trump Administration to whitewash American history at NPS sites. Over the spring and summer of 2025, the administration pursued a “review” of signs and exhibits at national parks and national monuments that came in conflict with Trump’s executive order to “[restore] truth and sanity to American History.” More than 1,000 items were flagged for review. In September, NPS also removed a famous 1863 photograph of a formerly enslaved man with deep scarring on his back from an NPS site in Georgia. And in December, the Trump Administration removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth as free entry days at national park sites, while adding Flag Day, which falls on Trump’s birthday, as a fee-free day.