Last week a Federal District Court Judge told the National Park Service (NPS) to restore historical panels that explained George Washington’s relation to slavery a the house he lived in while he was our first president. Following an order from President Trump to remove exhibits that cast the United States in a less than desirable light, the panels were removed in January. More than half the panels were restored by Thursday, but an appeal was filed by the Trump administration with the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals.
U.S. Circuit Judge Thomas Hardiman told the National Park Service that they could not take down those panels that had already been restored, but that the NPS did not have to put up the rest of the removed panels. The exhibition was installed in 2010.
The new order will likely be in place until the 3rd Circuit can make a ruling on the preliminary injunction.
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