Outraged critics are accusing President Donald Trump of “whitewashing history” after the National Park Service removed an exhibit on slavery at Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park

Philadelphia filed a lawsuit against the Department of Interior Thursday following the removal of a slavery exhibit at the President’s House site in Independence National Historical Park. The exhibit is a memorial to nine enslaved people George Washington owned during the founding of the country.

The National Park Service began removing a slavery memorial at the President’s House in Philadelphia on Thursday afternoon -- an exhibit that opened in 2010 and honored the lives of the nine people held there who were enslaved by President George Washington.

The National Park Service has started dismantling exhibits about slavery at the President’s House in Independence National Historical Park. The President’s House, which serves as a memorial to the nine people George Washington enslaved there during the founding of America,

Since President Donald Trump returned to office, his administration has been altering or removing displays across parks and museums. The post Trump administration removes slavery exhibit, historical displays from parks,

The exhibit included the names and other biographical details about the nine people enslaved by the Washingtons at the presidential mansion.