Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
On July 3, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit gave the Trump administration the final go-ahead to replace the panels at the President's House.
The city argued in a court filing that the court violated federal rules by not giving the city time to respond and attacked last month’s Third Circuit’s ruling paving the way for the new panels as too broad. But the court denied the city’s requests.
In a statement, Mayor Cherelle L. Parker said the city intended to seek a rehearing on “serious legal issues” presented in the Third Circuit’s decision and slammed the federal government for installing the panels ”under the cover of darkness."
The site now features the 11 panels proposed by the Trump administration, which were first reported by The Inquirer in April, in addition to more than a dozen smaller panels that detail governmental processes, the lives of various historical figures, and a panel dedicated to the escape of Ona Judge and Hercules, two people enslaved by Washington who fled to freedom.
The drastic alterations are a culmination of about a year of turmoil since the Trump administration began scrutinizing the site last year as part of the president’s executive order to review or remove content at national parks that “inappropriately disparage Americans past or living.”
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✂️by Astrid Rodrigues / Staff
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On July 3, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit gave the Trump administration the final go-ahead to replace the panels at the President's House.
The city argued in a court filing that the court violated federal rules by not giving the city time to respond and attacked last month’s Third Circuit’s ruling paving the way for the new panels as too broad. But the court denied the city’s requests.
In a statement, Mayor Cherelle L. Parker said the city intended to seek a rehearing on “serious legal issues” presented in the Third Circuit’s decision and slammed the federal government for installing the panels ”under the cover of darkness."
The site now features the 11 panels proposed by the Trump administration, which were first reported by The Inquirer in April, in addition to more than a dozen smaller panels that detail governmental processes, the lives of various historical figures, and a panel dedicated to the escape of Ona Judge and Hercules, two people enslaved by Washington who fled to freedom.
The drastic alterations are a culmination of about a year of turmoil since the Trump administration began scrutinizing the site last year as part of the president’s executive order to review or remove content at national parks that “inappropriately disparage Americans past or living.”
Read more here: inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/presidents-house-slavery-exhibits-changed-20260715.html?utm_campaign=edit_youtube_traffic&int_promo=newsroom
📝 by Fallon Roth and Abraham Gutman / Staff
📹 by Erin Reynolds and Brian Nelson / Staff
✂️by Astrid Rodrigues / Staff
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