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National Park Service to remove quotes about slavery, immigration and suffrage from Bunker Hill site

Markey posted photos of panels targeted for removal and called on Congress not to fund what he described as censorship.

National Park Service to remove quotes about slavery, immigration and suffrage from Bunker Hill site
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The National Park Service plans to remove Bunker Hill Monument panels featuring historical quotes about suffrage, immigration, slavery and anti-war movements. Sen. Ed Markey criticized the plan as censorship, while an Interior Department spokesperson called it a routine exhibit refresh.

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Massachusetts senator criticizing the planned removal of the monument panels

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President whose administration ordered a review of exhibits at historical sites

ALSO MENTIONED  Lucy Stone, Abolitionist and suffragist whose historical writing appears on a monument panel; William Monroe Trotter, Civil rights activist and journalist whose historical quote appears on a monument panel

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