The Trump administration replaced interpretive panels Wednesday at the President's House site in Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park, where President George Washington lived while serving as the nation's first president. The updated exhibit follows a federal appeals court ruling that allowed the National Park Service to proceed with revisions after months of legal challenges brought by the city of Philadelphia. The previous display, installed in 2010, focused on the lives of the nine people enslaved by Washington at the residence and examined the contradictions between the nation's founding ideals and the institution of slavery.

The new exhibit places greater emphasis on the history of the presidency, the early federal government and the evolution of American independence while continuing to acknowledge that enslaved people lived and worked at the site. The Interior Department said the revised panels provide broader historical context and present a fuller account of the location's significance. Philadelphia officials, historians and advocacy organizations have argued that the changes reduce the prominence of slavery within the exhibit and diminish an important part of the site's historical record, while the city has continued efforts to challenge the revisions in court.