The Biden administration's National Park Service plans to tear down a statue of William Penn in a historical park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The statue's removal is being done to make the park a “more welcoming, accurate, and inclusive experience for visitors.”
Welcome Park was built by William Penn in 1982 to commemorate Pennsylvania's 300th anniversary. The park is named after the ship “Welcome” that brought Penn to Pennsylvania. Welcome Park was designed by world-renowned architectural firm Venturi, Rausch and Scott Brown.
Nonprofit Independence Hall Association I will explain Welcome Park is an “open-air museum” and “the only place in historic Philadelphia dedicated to celebrating the life and contributions of William Penn.”
Quaker Penn founded the state of Pennsylvania in 1682 in an attempt to provide a place with religious freedom after Quakers were persecuted.
Bill of Rights Institute I got it.: “During the 1660s, the English severely persecuted the Quakers, viewing them as dangerous radicals because of their teachings about social and religious equality.”
“Mr. Penn had high hopes that the colony would enjoy religious freedom and peace with the Lenni Lenapes and other American Indians who had lived here for centuries. ” the institute added. “Like other Quakers, he was a pacifist and was adamant that his new colony avoided the bloodshed and wars between Indians and other British settlers that occurred in New England and Virginia. .”
national park service announced Last week, the company announced that it is “proposing to renovate Welcome Park to provide a more welcoming, accurate and inclusive experience for our visitors.”
“The Welcome Park reconstruction proposal includes an expanded interpretation of Philadelphia's Native American history and includes representation from the Haudenosaunee, Delaware Nation, Delaware Indian Tribe, Shawnee, and Eastern Shawnee Indian tribes. Developed in consultation with the State of Oklahoma,” the NPS declared.
“The Penn statue and the model of the slate-roofed house have been removed and will not be reinstalled. In another future initiative, a new exhibition panel will be installed on the south wall of the site to replace Penn's timeline,” the NPS announced.
The slate-roofed house was Penn's residence in Philadelphia from 1699.
The general public is Submit a comment Within 14 days of January 8th.
Independence National Historical Park's official X social media page has been flooded with hundreds of comments vehemently opposing the demolition of the William Penn statue.
1 X user answered“This makes no sense at all. I'm a Philadelphia native and Penn was 'woke' in that era. He was supporting and paying for Indian tribes. You literally , are crushing pioneer leaders out of intellectual laziness.”
Another said: “Have you decided to remove the William Penn statue from the only place in the city dedicated to the life and thought of the Founder because *some people* are uncomfortable with it? ? It's absolutely disgraceful.”
One commenter wrote, “You are trying to remove a statue of William Penn, a model of religious freedom and self-government who inspired America's founding fathers, from his property in the city he founded.'' It's shameful. This plan has been cancelled.”
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