Shapiro Takes Legal Action After Philadelphia Slavery Exhibits Were Removed Under Trump Order

CBS Philadelphia

January 28, 2026

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro took legal action Tuesday to support Philadelphia's lawsuit against the Trump administration after slavery exhibits were removed from the President's House in Old City.

Shapiro filed an amicus brief in support of Philadelphia's suit and said that the actions by the Trump administration to remove the slavery exhibits from the President's House at 6th and Market streets are an attempt to rewrite history.

"Donald Trump will take any opportunity to rewrite and whitewash our history — but he picked the wrong city and the wrong Commonwealth," Shapiro said in a statement.

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