July 14, 1943 The George Washington Carver National Monument is founded in Diamond, MO

[Sherman A1]

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

[TheDebbieDee]

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

products that spawned entire industries. And he was gone years before he could receive due credit for any of his accomplishments.

ETA: I had no idea he was from Missouri!