Penn Statue Stays – For Now

Thank you to everyone who responded to our Action Item in yesterday’s report regarding the Biden Administration’s plans to tear down a statue honoring William Penn, the founder of the Pennsylvania colony.

We reported this outrageous story, as did many others, and the National Park Service clearly got an earful. They ran for cover as fast as their neo-Marxist legs could carry them.

Translation: We won this round. The National Park Service has since posted this updated notice:

“Independence National Historical Park has withdrawn the review of a draft proposal to rehabilitate Welcome Park and closed the public comment period. The preliminary draft proposal, which was released prematurely and had not been subject to a complete internal agency review, is being retracted. No changes to the William Penn statue are planned.”

Sadly, I guarantee that they haven’t completely abandoned the idea. They will be back at some point when they hope we aren’t paying attention.

Here’s something to keep in mind. The Biden Administration is effectively giving back land to indigenous peoples every day. In addition to telling us their pronouns, Interior Department spokesmen routinely acknowledge that they are “standing on the ancestral ground” of whatever tribe before beginning their formal remarks.

This perfunctory virtue signaling may seem meaningless and absurd, which it is. But it’s all part of the bigger neo-Marxist assault on Western Civilization and the left’s effort to deconstruct and destroy America.