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George Washington Carver
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George was born on the Moses Carver Farm in the early 1860's. He was born into slavery during the Civil War. When he was just a boy, George took care of plants so well he was known as the plant doctor. George wanted to go to school so he finally did by working for people. He went to school for two years. Then after hard work, he taught at Tuskegee Institute. He was also a great scientist. George, after a long, hard, and extreme life, died on January 5, 1943. He was buried in Tuskegee. |
| The monument is two hundred ten acres of
the original two hundred forty acre homestead. George Washington Carver
Monument consists of a museum that shows George and his work from birth
to being an artist, educator and a scientist. The monument also includes
the birthplace site, a boyhood statue, William's pond, the Carver bust,
an 1881 Moses Carver dwelling, and the Carver family cemetery. There are
three quarters of a mile of walking trails that wind through woodland
and tallgrass prairie. |
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George Washington Carter National Monument
was dedicated on July 14, 1951. This was the first United States monument
in honor of an African American. |