Trump administration appeals order to restore George Washington slavery exhibit in Philadelphia

The Trump administration will appeal a federal judge’s order to restore a Philadelphia exhibit on the nine people enslaved by George Washington at his former home on Independence Mall. The Justice Department insists the administration alone can decide what stories are told at National Park Service properties. The city and other supporters of the exhibit filed a lawsuit after Park Service workers last month abruptly removed exhibits from the site. U.S. Senior Judge Cynthia Rufe, an appointee of Republican President George W. Bush, on Monday ordered the materials to be restored while the lawsuit proceeds. She also compared President Donald Trump's administration to the totalitarian regime in George Orwell's dystopian novel “1984."