Trump Administration Tries To Whitewash History At National Parks

I take this kind of shit very personally. I love Independence Park, and for MAGAts to attempt to literally whitewash the place makes me furious. Trump's Department of the Interior is asking members of the public to identify and report content at Independence National Historical Park that they believe shows the United States in a “negative” light as the Orange Blob's administration takes steps to review or remove materials about race in America. Via the Philadelphia Inquirer:

The Trump administration is currently considering whether to remove displays addressing the history of slavery at INHP after they were flagged by employees during a review prompted by a Trump executive order.

[...] On entering the INHP campus on Market Street, “The House & the People Who Worked & Lived In It” is the first signage visitors are greeted with, on the east wall of the President’s House Site, where Presidents George Washington and John Adams lived. It provides a “brief timeline of freedom and slavery at this site.”

“These sites are important because it illustrates that Black people have been in the city since its founding. The Black history of Philly is actually older than Philadelphia itself,” said South Philly resident Mijuel Johnson, a community organizer who leads the Black Journey: African American History Walking Tour with stops in Society Hill and at Independence Hall.

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