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Save George Washington from woke smears in time for America 250

When the National Park Service removed signs that had made George Washington the most heavily criticized individual at Philadelphia’s Independence Park, critics accused President Donald Trump of “censorship.”

Now that NPS has unveiled replacement signs, the administration stands accused of “whitewashing” and “sanitizing” history.

In truth, Trump is rescuing a prominent historical site from radical activists and presenting American history in a much more accurate, nuanced and informative way — just in time for the 250th anniversary of American independence.

A block north of Independence Hall, the President’s House Site features ruins of the house where Presidents Washington and John Adams lived from 1790 to 1800.

In January, the city of Philadelphia sued in federal court after NPS took down displays at the site that focused myopically on slavery.

When the site opened in 2010 during President Barack Obama’s administration, New York Times critic Edward Rothstein wrote that its presentation “overturns the idea of history, making it subservient to the claims of contemporary identity politics.”

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The house, he noted, was presented “almost as if it were the Slave Market of Charleston” — because Washington brought nine slaves north with him to Philadelphia........

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