According to a Fox News report, the Biden Administration is planning on removing a statue of William Penn in Welcome Park in Philadelphia, PA. The park is named after the ship Penn took to Philadelphia in 1682. The proposed “rehabilitation” of the park includes a focus on Native American history.
From Fox News:
The “rehabilitation” proposal for Welcome Park is meant to “provide a more welcoming, accurate, and inclusive experience for visitors,” [The National Park Service] said in a news release. It “includes expanded interpretation of the Native American history of Philadelphia,” and was developed in collaboration with representatives from the Haudenosaunee, the Delaware Nation, the Delaware Tribe of Indians, the Shawnee Tribe and the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma.
“Leave the statue right where it is,” one user wrote in response to Independence National Historical Park’s tweet.
“My input is defund and disband the national park service,” another wrote.
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Should NPS go through with the proposal, Welcome Park will still have the street grid, the rivers and the east wall, which are aspects of the original design. It would add a planted buffer on three sides, and a gathering space, including circular benches.
More over at Fox News:
Biden admin removing William Penn statue in 'rehabilitation' of park commemorating founding of Pennsylvania https://t.co/VMWJB77KbS
— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 7, 2024
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