Presidents' House removal of INHP American Slavery interperative references [picture] collection Feb. 28, 2026 / by Lee Arnold.

Format:

Image

Author/Creator:

Arnold, Lee, photographer.

Contributor:

Rufe, J. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania., Federal Judge.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

President's House (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Washington, George, 1732-1799--Homes and haunts--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Washington, George.

Adams, John, 1735-1826--Homes and haunts--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Adams, John.

Washington, George, 1732-1799.

Independence National Historical Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)--Antiquities.

Independence National Historical Park (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Slavery--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--18th century.

Slavery.

Lost architecture--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Lost architecture.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Philadelphia (Pa.).

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Antiquities.

Arnold, Lee photographer.

Arnold, Lee.

Censorship.

Physical Description:

[7] leaves : color illustrations ; 28 cm +[46] pages of text provided by the Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides.

Place of Publication:

Feb. 28, 2026 /

Philadelphia, Pa.: Lee Arnold, 2026.

Contents:

[Presidents House photos] Lee Arnold (February 28, 2026) (7 leaves)

Tour Talk [newsletter] Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides (Week of March 2, 2026) (pages [1-6])

City of Philadelphia v. Doug Burgum, et al. [ruling] Judge J. Rufe, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (February 16, 2026) (pages 1-40)

Notes:

From Roger Aden's book-blurb (Upon the Ruins of Liberty): "The 2002 revelation that George Washington kept slaves in his executive mansion at Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park in the 1790s prompted an eight-year controversy about the role of slavery in America's commemorative landscape. When the President's House installation opened in 2010, it became the first federal property to feature a slave memorial." The research, which established that Washington kept slaves in the Presidents' House, came from a researcher delving into the archives at The Historical Society of Pennsylvania--and a subsequent publishing of these findings in HSP's scholarly journal (the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography). And history, rightly so, won out. However, during 47th President's (second) term, the National Park Service was instructed to remove references, in signage, that would leave a visitor feeling bad about what happened at a particular sight. This resultued, for Philadelphia, in the removal of references to slavery at the Presidents' House site at Independence National Historical Park. These photos show empty walls, postest signage and some of the original signage returned to their right places. As of February 28, 2026, the fate of the original signage is still in the federal courts.

OCLC:

1574928085