Governor Josh Shapiro took a position on Tuesday against the movements of the administration of President Donald Trump for review and potentially removing exhibits on slavery at the National Historical Park as part of the Independence National Historical Park as part of efforts to limit content in national parks that negatively reflect the United States.
“Protection of our history is to tell the truth, even if it is uncomfortable” Shapiro said in a published statement Tuesday in the afternoon on x Without referring to Trump or members of his administration by name.
“Because if we do not count with the reality of our past, we cannot learn from it and move forward. The fight for freedom has defined American history for centuries. Attempted to rewrite this story is impossible – and is contrary to the values themselves behind which our country stands,” said Shapiro, a potential candidate for presidency in 2028, which comes from Philly.
Commentary of the first period of the democratic governor appeared in response to the history of Inquirer published on Monday, which revealed a dozen or so shows that divide historical information about slavery during America’s founding was marked with a review of the Trump administration at Park Independence Park.
The assessment, which may cause the content of the parks to be removed by the fall, was caused by the executive order of Trump, which calls the internal department to “assure” that in national parks “would improperly dismantle Americans.”
Most of the displays marked with one or more National Park Service employees, whose task was, was on the president’s website, where the presidents of George Washington and John Adams once lived. House He is now a powerful tribute to the paradox of freedom and slavery in the developing American nation, and also serves as a souvenir for people enslaved by Washington.
The exhibition was financed by the city and federal dollars And it was opened in 2010, before it was transferred to the property of NPS in 2015. Activists pushed To center the stories of nine people whom the first president enslaved in this place.
Other marked exhibits or items can be found in Hall Independence Hall, Benjamin Franklin Museum, the second United States Bank, an outdoor exhibition panel at the Independence shopping center and the proposed redesigned exhibition.
The review is ahead of the 250th anniversary of the establishment of the United States next year, an event that will probably turn out to be at Independence Park and its exhibits.
It was not for the first time Shapiro took part in the political battle related to the content in local places managed by the National Park Service – although he was the last time against the administration of his party. Shapiro joined Pennsylvania Republicans in 2024, moving away from the proposals of NPS under the then President Joe Biden, to permanently remove the statue of William Penn as part of the rehabilitation of Welcome Park in the Old Town.
Shapiro usually kept his actions against Trump’s administration, focused on political critics or trials when the president suspends federal funds.
But he increased his public dissatisfaction with Trump and GOP members, especially those surrounding Medicaid cuts. In June, Shapiro told journalists that Trump’s administration did not “know how to rule.”
On Tuesday he too announced He allows Trump administration, next to 22 other states, “to stop them from the unlawful revival of planned parenting.”
