(The Hill) - The National Park Service (NPS) is set to remove the photo of an enslaved man’s scars amid efforts to comply with the Trump administration’s March executive order outlawing exhibits that promote a “corrosive ideology."
NPS said the piece widely referenced as “The Scourged Back” will no longer be available for viewing, sources told The Washington Post.
The move comes after President Trump ordered the Interior Department to review multiple museums including the National Portrait Gallery and National Gallery of Art, where the striking image of Peter Gordon, a formerly enslaved individual, was previously on display.
“Interpretive materials that disproportionately emphasize negative aspects of U.S. history or historical figures, without acknowledging broader context or national