Tag: Orders
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Judge Orders Trump Administration to Reinstate Exhibits on Slavery
News The Philadelphia display was dismantled last month after federal directives to remove negative representations of US history on public sites. A panel describing the history of slavery at the President’s House site in Philadelphia (public domain via Save Our Signs) The Trump administration must restore exhibits examining the role of slavery in early United read more
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Citing George Orwell, Federal Judge Orders Reinstatement of Slavery Display at George Washington’s Presidential House
Comparing the Trump administration’s efforts to control historical documentation to George Orwell’s 1984, a federal judge ordered the return of displays that acknowledge George Washington’s ownership of enslaved people to a monument in Philadelphia. Last month, the National Park Service removed the signs from the President’s House Site, the presidential residence for Washington and John read more
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Judge Orders Return of Slavery Exhibit at President’s House, Barbican Director Devyani Saltzman Departs: Morning Links for February 17, 2026
To receiveMorning Linksin your inbox every weekday,signupfor ourBreakfast with ARTnewsnewsletter. The Headlines GEORGE ORWELL-IAN. On Monday, a judge ruled the Trump administration cannot alter historical facts and must temporarily rehang an exhibition about slavery at a monument toGeorge Washington and JohnAdams’home in Philadelphia, while a lawsuit proceeds, reports the New York Times. Last month, the read more
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Defying Trump’s Orders, NYC Re-Raises Pride Flag at Stonewall
New York politicians and activists hoisted a large Pride flag to the Stonewall National Monument’s flagpole on Thursday afternoon, February 12, in defiance of a federal directive to take down any flags or pennants that aren’t the United States flag or from the Department of the Interior. It takes a lot to get New Yorkers read more
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