Removed But Never Erased – a quilt about the panels at the President’s House in Philadelphia

This quilt is one of a series of quilts I generated following Election Day 2024. There were so many changes to laws, funding, access – especially related to my discipline and my research – that I used my sewing machine for Processing the Policies. Explore the collection. The Background The President’s House Site is part of Independence National Historic Park in Philadelphia. This location marks where President’s Washington and Adams lived when Philadelphia was the capitol of the United States. Although the house itself was demolished in 1832, the foundations of the home are still visible and serves as the basis of this outdoor park. A full open-air exhibit that one can walk through and read self-guided signage on history and slavery opened in December 2010. Fast-forward to January 22, 2026, when employees of the National Park Service started removing the signage for this outdoor display on “The President’s House: Freedom and Slavery in the Making of a New Nation”. The reaction was…