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President's House slavery exhibits are restored

Exhibits return to the President's House in Philadelphia after President Donald Trump’s administration ordered the removal last month.

A worker cleans the glass panel for Oney Judge after re-hanging it. She was an enslaved woman owned by George Washington, who fled the President’s House on May 21, 1796 for New Hampshire. The panel notes that, “she married, raised a family and lived to old age.”
A worker cleans the glass panel for Oney Judge after re-hanging it. She was an enslaved woman owned by George Washington, who fled the President’s House on May 21, 1796 for New Hampshire. The panel notes that, “she married, raised a family and lived to old age.”Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer

Facing a judge’s deadline, National Park Service workers installed nearly half of the displays that were removed and placed in storage on Jan. 22, 2026.

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