Outraged critics are accusing President Donald Trump of “whitewashing history” after the National Park Service removed an exhibit on slavery at Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park

U.S. National Park ‌Service ​staff have removed a ‌slavery exhibit from a Philadelphia historic site in line with President ​Donald Trump's claims, rejected by civil rights groups, of "anti-American ideology" at historical and cultural institutions.

The city of Philadelphia on Thursday sued the Department of the Interior and the acting director of the National Park Service over reports that slavery exhibits were being dismantled in the city’s his

The National Park Service began removing a slavery memorial at the President’s House in Philadelphia on Thursday afternoon -- an exhibit that opened in 2010 and honored the lives of the nine people held there who were enslaved by President George Washington.

Philadelphia sued the Trump administration after it directed the Park Service to rip out a memorial to slavery. Elsewhere, materials about climate change and labor history were being removed.

On Thursday, the National Park Service dismantled exhibits about slavery at the President’s House in Independence National Historical Park. This follows orders by President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to remove content at national parks that “inappropriately disparage” the U.

Philadelphia filed a lawsuit against the Department of Interior Thursday following the removal of a slavery exhibit at the President’s House site in Independence National Historical Park. The exhibit is a memorial to nine enslaved people George Washington owned during the founding of the country.

The National Park Service has started dismantling exhibits about slavery at the President’s House in Independence National Historical Park. The President’s House, which serves as a memorial to the nine people George Washington enslaved there during the founding of America,