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Booker T. Washington National Monument
Booker T. Washington National Monument
IUCN category III (natural monument or feature)
Location	Virginia, USA
Nearest city	Rocky Mount, VA
Area	224 acres (0.90 km²)
Established	April 2, 1956
Visitors	19,321 (in 2002)
Governing body	National Park Service

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Booker T. Washington National Monument is a unit of the National Park Service located in Franklin County, Virginia near the community of Hardy about 25 miles southeast of Roanoke.

Booker T. Washington National Monument preserves portions of the 224 acre (0.90 km²) tobacco farm on which educator Booker T. Washington was born, into slavery, on April 5, 1856.

The site was officially founded on April 2, 1956.

External link

http://www.nps.gov/bowa/index.htm - NPS page on the site

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