Booker T. Washington

On Monday we went to the Booker T. Washington National Monument. If you don’t know who he is, you can read about him here.

This is the plantation where Booker worked as a slave.

This is the kitchen, which is also where he, his mother, and the other slaves slept. There were four of them.

There were animals at the monument to show what kind of animals there were when Booker lived there. Like this giant pig.

I mean, it was HUGE!

Oink.

This was the tobacco barn.

In 1867 the Emancipation Proclamation was read to Booker along with other slaves on this farm. After that, Booker worked so hard to get an education. He went on to be an adviser to presidents!

Up Next: Auntietam (I would post about it tonight, but I've got a terrible cold and I have to go to bed)