Appeals Court Clears Trump Exhibit at President's House as 104-Degree Heat Cancels Philly 250 Parade
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Updated · The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jul 3
Appeals Court Clears Trump Exhibit at President's House as 104-Degree Heat Cancels Philly 250 Parade
3 articles · Updated · The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jul 3
Summary
A federal appeals court in Philadelphia gave the Trump administration final approval to install new President’s House panels after Justice Department lawyers asked to begin work immediately.
The National Park Service’s replacement exhibit is already manufactured, but historians have criticized it as whitewashing George Washington’s enslavement of nine people at the site.
The ruling landed as Philadelphia’s semiquincentennial events were disrupted by extreme heat, with Friday’s parade canceled after temperatures were forecast near 104 and heat-index readings as high as 111.
Even with the parade scrapped, pop-up performances continued across the Historic District, while Pope Leo XIV accepted the Liberty Medal remotely from the Vatican and local faith leaders highlighted the exhibit controversy nearby.