Restoring Truth in the Age of “Restoring Sanity”
What the President’s House Ruling Reveals About Trump’s History Purge, National Parks, and a Congress That Let It Happen
On January 22, 2026, National Park Service crews arrived at Independence Mall in Philadelphia with trucks and tools and began removing history from the walls. They removed 34 interpretive panels from the President’s House Site, the outdoor exhibit that tells visitors not only that George Washington lived and worked there, but that he enslaved nine Black…



