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Philadelphia sues over removal of slavery exhibit at Independence National Historical Park
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Judge orders restoration of Philadelphia slavery exhibits
"A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore slavery-related exhibits at the national park site on the foundation of former President George Washington’s home in Philadelphia.
In a withering opinion Monday, Judge Cynthia Rufe invoked George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984,” saying the administration had attacked the concept of truth itself as it sought to erase details of America’s legacy of slavery. She said the removal of the exhibits in January papered over Washington’s ownership of slaves and the special measures he took to avoid those enslaved persons gaining their liberty while he lived in Philadelphia from 1790 to 1797."
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Eh, we just have to set up our own museums, like the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis.
I'm all in favor of For Us-By Us the way Jews have always done it.
I'm all in favor of For Us-By Us the way Jews have always done it.
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Honestly, you might get push-back from an unexpected direction. There is/was an infamous structure in Louisville, Georgia, known as the slave market. Can count on one hand the times I've passed through the town; knew what it was when I saw it; but was never able to stop and see if there was a marker noting its significance. When I learned a church in another town intended to construct a memorial at a similar location in another town, I did a search to see if the one in Louisville had any sort of marker. To my surprise, saw where the town council voted in 2020 to have it moved out of the town. This was in the wake of the George Floyd protests and riots. Another check just now turns up a protest in 2021 because the move was stalled. I would have thought that it would be kept as a reminder of what happened, along with an appropriate marker to make it a memorial. Instead, it appears that some just wanted it gone.
I don't know the feelings here on the subject, but to me that's sweeping away something that should be kept as a reminder. Why not make such as a memorial? Then again, not my town; not my business.
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