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Missouri

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts) Sun Jul 14, 2013, 03:07 PM Jul 2013

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George Washington Carver National Monument is a unit of the National Park Service located about two miles west of Diamond, Missouri; the national monument was founded on July 14, 1943, by Franklin Delano Roosevelt who dedicated $30,000 US to the monument. It was the first national monument dedicated to an African-American and first to a non-President.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Carver_National_Monument

http://www.nps.gov/gwca/historyculture/index.htm

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July 14, 1943 The George Washington Carver National Monument is founded in Diamond, MO [View all] Sherman A1 Jul 2013 OP

GWC was a man way ahead of his time.......Think of it: the man created TheDebbieDee Jul 2013 #1