It wasn’t until 1833 that a group of citizens including Eliza Hamilton, Dolley Madison, Louisa Adams and others formed the Washington National Monument Society. By 1836, the group had elected a ...

According to the website for Thalian Association Community Theatre, the stone was carved by Wilmington sculptor James ...

Booker T. Washington National Monument is located on the former Burroughs Plantation. In 1850, James and Elizabeth Burroughs moved their children and a few slaves to this 207-acre tobacco farm in ...

George Washington Carver was born in 1864 ... The Carver described the monument as “a living museum where history, nature, and education converge.” It said the “240-acre park, with its ...