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Finally, a CIS White Man Gets the Uncle Ben/Land of Lakes Squaw Treatment

Eustace C. Scrubb
@EustaceCScrubb
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So, somehow the statue of William Penn in the Welcome Park in Philadelphia, PA makes people feel unwelcome. Read this statement at the National Park Service's website:

PHILADELPHIA — The National Park Service proposes to rehabilitate Welcome Park to provide a more welcoming, accurate, and inclusive experience for visitors. Welcome Park was designed by the internationally acclaimed design firm Venturi & Scott Brown Associates. The park is located on the site of William Penn's home, the Slate Roof House, and is named for the ship, Welcome, which transported Penn to Philadelphia. The design and construction of Welcome Park was funded by the Independence Historical Trust and was completed in 1982.

The proposed rehabilitation of Welcome Park includes expanded interpretation of the Native American history of Philadelphia and was developed in consultation with representatives of the indigenous nations of the Haudenosaunee, the Delaware Nation, Delaware Tribe of Indians, the Shawnee Tribe, and the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma. The reimagined Welcome Park maintains certain aspects of the original design such as the street grid, the rivers and the east wall while adding a new planted buffer on three sides, and a ceremonial gathering space with circular benches. The Penn statue and Slate Roof house model will be removed and not reinstalled. In a separate and future effort, new exhibit panels will be installed on the south site wall to replace the Penn timeline.

I mean, really, to go the site of this great man's home and see a statue of him would be far too unsettling for perhaps over a dozen people, so the statue must go.

The madness won't end until we stop it. (Really, God is going to have to do this.)

Of course, the Park service makes it as difficult as possible to comment on these actions.

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Discussion (35)

  • cdor@cdor

    Your comment nailed it. It was his home. The state is named after him. The universities are named after him. He was instrumental in the forming of our nation. Actually, now that I think about it, that’s probably why they don’t want his statue up anymore. The left is so filled with self hatred. They are disgusting!

  • JoelB@JoelB

    Please submit your comments as directed below:

    The public is invited to submit comments on this proposed design for the rehabilitation of Welcome Park for a 14-day period from January 8th – 21st, 2024 through the National Park Service’s Planning, Environment and Public Comment (PEPC) athttps://parkplanning.nps.gov. Comments submitted through social media, phone calls, email or mail will not be accepted. All public comments must be received through PEPC by midnight Sunday, January 21st, 2024.

    Edit: Welcome Park might not show up on the list until January 8.

  • MWD B612 "Dawg"@danok1

    I agree with the comments and the OP about this. But @EustaceCScrubb, whaddya mean "finally a CIS white man...." We've seen the statues of Lee, etc., removed. Teddy Roosevelt had his statue removed from the Museum of Natural History. Tommy J had his statue taken out of the NYC City Hall. Etc., etc., etc.

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