The word 'Trump' was removed from protesters' signs, as well as references to women's private parts.
published its original story, that it regretted the alterations to the 2017 photo.
"As the National Archives of the United States, we are and have always been completely committed to preserving our archival holdings, without alteration," the press release read."In an elevator lobby promotional display for our current exhibit on the 19th Amendment, we obscured some words on protest signs in a photo of the 2017 Women's March. This photo is not an archival record held by the National Archives, but one we licensed to use as a promotional graphic.
The Associated Press reported that the American Civil Liberties Union has encouraged the National Archives to provide a more thorough explanation for the photo's alteration. A picture from the 2017 Women's March on Washington, the day after Donald J. Trump's inauguration as president of the United States, in Washington DC on January 21, 2017."Apologizing is not enough," said ACLU deputy legal director Louise Melling in a statement."The National Archives must explain to the public why it took the Orwellian step of trying to rewrite history and erasing women's bodies from it, as well as who ordered it.
The press release from the National Archives stated that the exhibit had been removed and that it would be replaced soon with one featuring an unaltered image.
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