Upcoming events at the Booker T. Washington National Monument

Blockades & Stockades: Shortages on the Southern Homefront during the Civil War

April 7 – 2:00 p.m. Ranger Program
Discover how life changed dramatically for people on the Southern Homefront during the American Civil War.

A Mother’s Prayer: Jane Burroughs Ferguson
April 15 – 2:00 p.m. Ranger Program
Discuss the significance of Jane’s prayer for freedom during the Civil War.

An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore
April 22 – 2:00 p.m. Book Club Meeting
The Booker T. Washington Book Club recognizes Earth Day, 2007 through discussion of the former U.S. Vice President’s stand on global warming, climate change, consequences and solutions.

The Strange Career of Jim Crow by c. Vann Woodward May 5 – 2:00 p.m. Book Club Meeting For Future Generations: Preserving the Burroughs Plantation May 16 – 7:00 p.m. Historic Preservation Month Celebration Discuss the protecting and preserving Washington’s birthplace. Food, Fiber and Flowers May 27 – 2:00 p.m. Garden Tour Learn about gardening techniques and cultivated plant varieties of the 1850's.

Juneteenth Gospel Music Celebration June 16 - 11:00 a.m. Special Event Enjoy the food, fun and fellowship as the community celebrates freedom. Freedom Train: The Story of Harriett Tubman June 23 - 10:00 a.m. Young Reader's Book Club To Be a Ranger June 30 - 10:00 a.m. Junior Ranger Summer Program Explore the duties of a NPS Park Ranger.

Tears of Freedom July 7 - 11:00 a.m. Experience the emotions felt on the Burroughs Plantation during emancipation. Blockades & Stockades: Shortages July 8 - 2:00 p.m. Discover how life changed dramatically for people on the southern home front during the American Civil War. Trouble Don't Last July 14 - 10:00 a.m. Young Reader's Club To Be a Leader July 21 - 10:00 a.m. Junior Ranger Summer Program Develop leadership skills like Dr. Washington.

What is the Price of Freedom?
August 4 - 2:00 p.m.
Explore Washington's vision of the National Negro Business League.

Sojourner Truth: Voice of Freedom
August 11 - 10:00 a.m. Young Reader's Book Club

To Be a Naturalist
August 18 - 10:00 a.m. Junior Ranger Summer Program
Study plants and animals like a naturalist.

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