Federal Judge Orders Return of Enslaved People’s Names to Philadelphia Memorial, Opposing White-Out of History
The debate over how America remembers its past took a dramatic turn this week as a federal judge ordered the Biden administration to reinstate a memorial honoring nine enslaved individuals owned by President George Washington. The move comes amid a broader effort by the government to erase parts of history it finds inconvenient, prompting fierce national discussions about whose stories are told—and which are left out. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley in Boston issued a decisive ruling mandating the Interior Department to restore a memorial at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia—a site famously associated with America’s declaration












