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Panels Under Consideration for Removal at Stones River Battlefield in Tennessee

The Battle of Stones River, or Murfreesboro, was a very important battle in Tennessee that lasted from December 21, 1862 to January 2, 1863. At…

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Kingsley Planation’s Brochure and Exhibits Are Under Review By Interior Department for Their Slavery Depictions

Timucuan Preserve is next to Jacksonville in Florida. In is a giant wetland along the St. John’s River and the Atlantic Ocean. Contained within it…

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Fort Raleigh’s Booklets on the United States Colored Troops May Be Removed by NPS

All of us learned about Roanoke Island when we studied American History back in Middle School. The island is in the Outer Banks of North…

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Taking Down the Civil War Historical Signage at Gulf Islands National Seashore?

Yesterday I posted about the newly disclosed set of documents assembled by the Interior Department of National Park signage that may be taken down under…

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National Parks Have Assembled List of Displays & Literature For Possible Removal

Yesterday, the Washington Post published an article on the newly released files that the National Park Service put together in response to the Interior Department’s…

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Close Look at the Court’s Opinion that Slavery Panels Be Put Back Up at President’s House in Philly

Note: This page is under construction On February 16, 2026 a Federal Court issued and order telling the National Park Service to restore the exhibit…

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Appeals Court Allows National Park Service to Halt Replacing Slavery Panels on President’s House in Philly

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…

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Slavery Exhibit Restored at President’s House at Independence Park in Philadelphia

With a court-imposed deadline of Friday, Feb. 19 to restore dismantled exhibits on slavery at the President’s House in Philadelphia, the National Park Service has…

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Judge Orders National Park Service to Put Up Signage on Slavery at the President’s House in Philly that Was Removed by Executive Order

A Federal Judge issued an order to the Trump administration to restore panels taken down at the President’s House in Philadelphia that describe George Washington’s…

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Judge Tells National Park Service to Stop Making Changes to Presidents’ House in Philadelphia

Last week a Federal Court judge was extremely critical of the National Park Service (NPS) and the Trump administration for having surreptitiously taken down panels…

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