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Montgomery, Bucks, Chester, and Delaware Counties filed a joint amicus brief in support of the City of Philadelphia\u2019s court filings seeking to restore the slavery exhibits at the President\u2019s House Site in Philadelphia, which the U.S. National Park Service recently removed.<\/p>\n
The Counties\u2019 legal filing describes their proximity to and shared history with Philadelphia, their connections to the nation\u2019s founding, and the importance of maintaining honest and inclusive representation of history at nationally significant sites, particularly in the year of America\u2019s 250th anniversary. The President\u2019s House, at 6th and Market Streets, marks the site of the nation\u2019s executive mansion in the late 1700s, where Presidents Washington and Adams both lived and worked, along with their households.<\/p>\n
\u201cMontgomery County is proud to stand with Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker and the leaders of the other collar counties to say no to the erasure of our history,\u201d said Jamila H. Winder, Chair of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners. \u201cInstead of whitewashing our history, we should be taking action to ensure that all members of our community, no matter their backgrounds, can live the American Dream. We must stand firm on our convictions that our history makes us stronger, better, and braver.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAttempts to erase evidence of our history do not heal the stains of the past \u2013 quite the opposite, they make us weak and vulnerable to repeating our failures,\u201d said Diane M. Ellis-Marseglia, Chair of the Bucks County Board of Commissioners, \u201cIn Bucks County, with our place in American history firmly rooted, we resist temptation for self-delusion and instead confront our faults head on, resolving always to do better tomorrow than we did yesterday. Only then can we achieve our country\u2019s founding vision of equality for all people.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will not stand by as the federal government attempts to rewrite history by breaking the law,\u201d said Commissioner Josh Maxwell, Chair of the Chester County Board of Commissioners. \u201cChester County was an important part of the Underground Railroad, home to the nation\u2019s first Historically Black College and University (HBCU), and the birthplace of civil rights leaders. In filing an amicus brief, we continue our commitment to acknowledging the abhorrent legacy of slavery and working to remedy it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDelaware County is proud to stand with Philadelphia and with our neighboring counties to fight back against more unlawful and unconscionable federal overreach,\u201d said Delaware County Council Chair Richard Womack. \u201cOur history is imperfect, but it is ours, and the federal government can\u2019t rewrite it or ignore it the moment they find it inconvenient.\u201d<\/p>\n
The law firm Ballard Spahr LLP represented the counties on a pro bono basis.<\/p>\n
\u201cAttempts to erase and rewrite a nation\u2019s history is a threat to democracy and cannot go unchecked,\u201d said Ballard Spahr\u2019s Philadelphia Managing Partner Marcel Pratt, who previously served as Philadelphia City Solicitor. \u201cA society that edits its history, instead of continuing to learn from it, is bound to repeat its worst mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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