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City wants rehearing after court OK's replacement of panels at President's House

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What to Know The Trump administration has replaced an exhibit on slavery at the site of President George Washington’s home in Philadelphia with a version that historians say whitewashes the nation’s history. The new exhibit was installed last month in the same area where the Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776. It comes as President Donald Trump has made dismantling diversity and inclusion initiatives a priority and in the midst of his aggressive campaign to overhaul some of Washington’s most sacred cultural and historic institutions. The original panels were put in place in 2010 and told the story of how nine slaves lived in the home along with George and Martha Washington in the 1790s. Legal representatives of the City of Philadelphia have asked for a new hearing on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling after the Trump administration has replaced panels at the President’s House slavery exhibit . The President’s House memorial — located on the corner of 6th an

First report: Philadelphia asks appeals court for rare review of President’s House ruling — whyy.org, 6d