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Booker T. Washington National Monument

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Region: Blue Ridge Highlands
Locality: Franklin County

Booker T. Washington National Monument
12130 Booker T. Washington Highway
Hardy, VA 24101

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The park is the site of famed educator, orator, and presidential advisor, Booker T. Washington's birth, early life, and emancipation. Washington's ideas about education, race, and labor were shaped on this tobacco plantation. The park is one of the few places where one can see how slavery and the plantation system worked on a smaller scale. It provides a focal point for discussion about one of the most powerful African Americans in history and the evolving context of race in American society. Interpretive programs are available daily, weather-permitting. A quarterly calendar of events is available upon request. The park's visitor center contains exhibits on Washington's life and legacy and offers an audio-visual program interpreting his career and accomplishments.

Hours:
Opens: 9:00 AM
Closes: 5:00 PM



Telephone:
Phone: (540) 721-2094
Fax: (540) 721-5128

Email:
connie_mays@nps.gov

Website:
www.nps.gov/bowa


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