(THE CONVERSATION) The National Park Service’s proposed removal of a statue of William Penn from Philadelphia’s Welcome Park turned out to be short-lived. Announced on Jan. 5, 2024, the ...

The National Park Service quickly realized there was a problem when it announced plans to remove a statue of William Penn from Welcome Park in Philadelphia on Jan. 5.

The National Park Service’s proposed removal of a statue of William Penn from Philadelphia’s Welcome Park turned out to be short-lived. Announced on Jan. 5, the proposal was quickly pulled ...

PHILADELPHIA — It was never about William Penn, members of Native American tribes say. Their discussions with the National Park Service centered around proper representation of their nations and ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The National Park Service’s proposal to remove a William Penn statue from a historic site in Philadelphia –- quickly withdrawn amid a backlash — wasn’t a priority ...

A statue of William Penn stands at Welcome Park in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) AP ...

A proposal to remove William Penn’s statue from a Philadelphia park was pulled after public outcry. Penn’s biographer says his Quaker religion may well have disapproved of such a statue.

The National Park Service’s proposed removal of a statue of William Penn from Philadelphia’s Welcome Park turned out to be short-lived. Announced on Jan. 5, 2024, the proposal was quickly pulled from ...

The William Penn statue in Welcome Park Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. Plans that had called for its removal were hastily walked back by the National Park Service after an outcry.