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 ...

Though William Penn had proposed “New Wales,” that ... accompanied in all probability by military honors and parade,” which he considered “utterly repugnant” to Penn’s “character ...

In October of 1983, Ruth Seltzer of the Philadelphia Inquirer wrote of William Penn’s statue unveiling at America’s newest national park. “Welcome Park, which is located on Second Street ...

Look no further than the recent controversy surrounding the removal of a William Penn statue in Philadelphia for confirmation. After the revelation that a proposal to renovate Welcome Park in the ...

The National Park Service’s proposal to remove a William Penn statue from a historic site in Philadelphia — quickly withdrawn amid a backlash — wasn’t a priority for some of the Native Americans the ...