#AmericanHistory #HistoricalNarrative #PresidentsDay
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Uncommon Knowledge: Americans don't want a war on history
On Presidents Day, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to put back what it had removed in Philadelphia: 34 panels and videos explaining that America's first president lived there with nine enslaved people, and that at least two of them, including Oney Judge, escaped.
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This Upscale Restaurant Abraham Lincoln Loved To Dine At Is Still Open Today
Delmonico's revolutionized dining in America by introducing sit-down lunches, hosting parties and balls, and allowing women to dine without male companionship starting in 1868.
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Martha Washington's enslaved maid Ona Judge made a daring escape to freedom - but the National Park Service has erased her story from Philadelphia exhibit
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On the evening of May 21, 1796, Ona Judge made the daring decision to free herself.
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As a fight over the legacy of slavery brews in Pa., a historian tells how it shaped the commonwealth
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Exhibits discussing slavery and the Founding Fathers' owning slaves are seen at the President's House on August 9, 2025 in Philadelphia.
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Trump accused of distorting history of Mexican-American War to justify heavy hand in Latin America
MEXICO CITY -- Historians and observers accused the Trump administration of trying to rewrite American history to justify its own foreign policy decisions toward Latin America by posting a "historically inaccurate" version of the Mexican-American war.
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Trump accused of distorting history of Mexican-American War to justify heavy hand in Latin America
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Historians and observers accused the Trump administration of trying to rewrite American history to justify its own foreign policy decisions toward Latin America by posting a "historically inaccurate" version of the Mexican-American war.
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Ken Burns says documenting the American Revolution made him 'optimistic' about the country's future
Documentary filmmaker and historian Ken Burns has cemented his career on bringing history to life. In an interview with "Meet the Press" that aired Sunday, the filmmaker challenged how the nation remembers its founding and the Revolutionary War.
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#HistoricPreservation #AmericanHistory #GunboatPhiladelphia
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America's oldest warship, sunk in 1776, is getting a 250th-birthday makeover
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 13: Texas A&M University research assistant Marissa Agerton works on a conservation project of the Gunboat Philadelphia at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History on Tuesday January 13, 2026 in Washington, DC.
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Philadelphia sues over removal of memorial honoring people enslaved by George Washington
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Visitors to the President's House site in Independence Mall were met on Thursday with what one described as "a big, empty space where there should be part of our history," after federal officials removed interpretive signs detailing the lives of the nine enslaved people once held at George Washington's presidential residence.
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Watch National Park Service remove slavery exhibit in Philadelphia
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The National Park Service removed an exhibit, located only steps from the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, that commemorated the enslaved people who lived and worked at George Washington's home when he lived in the city.
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Philadelphia sues over removal of slavery exhibit at Independence National Historical Park
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The National Park Service has removed an exhibit on slavery at Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park in response to President Donald Trump's executive order "restoring truth and sanity to American history" in displays at the nation's museums, parks and landmarks.
