A federal appeals court in Philadelphia certified on Friday that the Interior Department can reinstall the Trump administration’s interpretive signs at George Washington’s house in the colonial city.

The Interior Department can now revamp the exhibit outside Washington’s Philadelphia home from one about slavery under Washington to one that includes new educational panels with less discussion of slavery. The appeals court’s move finalized and allowed the execution of its earlier decision to allow the Trump administration to replace the original panels in light of the city’s legal challenge.

The order came down on Friday afternoon, just one day ahead of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, which occurred just one block down the road from Washington’s residence at Independence Hall. Tourists and Independence Day celebrators are expected to flock to Independence Mall on Saturday, when the new panels could be on display if the National Park Service installs them in time.

The move to replace the initial panels came in response to President Donald Trump’s executive order, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” which had ordered Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to ensure public monuments do not “inappropriately disparage Americans past or living” and instead “focus on the greatness of the achievements and progress of the American people.”

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