In a recent decision, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals has allowed the Trump administration to reinstate interpretive panels at President George Washington's residence in Philadelphia. These panels, critics contend, gloss over the history of slavery. The new educational displays were intended to replace those installed in 2010, which highlighted the presence of nine slaves in the household during the temporary U.S. capital's tenure. The administration's move stems from a 2025 executive order that forbids federally-owned historic sites from exhibiting information that "disparages" American history. The ruling, issued by a judge nominated by Trump himself, along with two others appointed by former presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, overturned a lower court decision ordering the removal of the new panels. The government has requested immediate installation of these revised panels, citing their readiness for display. However, advocates, academics, and city officials have expressed concern that the revised panels may gloss over the nation's painful past in favor of a more triumphant narrative. While the new panels do contain information about enslaved people who lived there, they lack some details found in the earlier ones, such as maps of slave trade routes and timelines on slavery. The City of Philadelphia, which filed a lawsuit over the removal of the previous information, has requested a temporary halt to the installation of the new panels, arguing that it would undermine the site's historical significance. Half of the original panels were reinstalled earlier this year before a court ordered a stop to the work.