Booker T. Washington

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The Booker T. Washington National Monument is a National Monument near Hardy, Franklin County, Virginia.

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Booker T. Washington National Monument commemorates the life of this famous educator, writer, orator and presidential advisor. Exhibits, films, farm, tours and special events tell of his remarkable rise from enslavement to being one of the most influential, but controversial, African Americans of his time. FREE Admission! Group Tour Services: Curriculum-based education programs for K-12 Guided tours for tour groups with reservations. Can work with groups on special program requests.

Learn about the life, accomplishments and legacy of Booker T. Washington at this National Monument in Virginia's Blue Ridge.

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BOOKER T WASHINGTON NATIONAL MONUMENT

Booker T. Washington was born a slave on this tobacco farm, generously referred to on occasion as a plantation.

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12130 Booker T Washington Highway, Hardy, VA 24101

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke spent the afternoon at Booker T. Washington National Monument on Friday. The park was one of several visited by Zinke as part of

This monument commemorates the tobacco farm where one of America's most prominent African-American leaders of the late 19th and early 20th centuries was born into slavery in 1856. Washington spent his boyhood at the 207-acre estate until the Union victory in the Civil War freed his family. After the Civil War, Washington became the founder and first principal of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial School. Later as an adviser, author and orator, he spoke to the new disenfranchisement of former slaves who suffered under discriminatory Jim Crow laws enacted in the post-Reconstruction period, and he helped to fight for educational and economic advancement in the African-American community.

Historical Significance The Booker T. Washington National Monument commemorates the birthplace of this noted educator, orator, author, and advisor to presidents. The enslaved Washington lived with his mother, brother, and sister in a cabin on the Burroughs' mid-nineteenth century plantation from his birth in 1856 until he was emancipated at the end of the Civil War in 1865. Washington's recollections of the plantation are recounted in his autobiography,