Tag: Reinstatement

  • 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

    Citing George Orwell, Federal Judge Orders Reinstatement of Slavery Display at George Washington’s Presidential House