Booker T. Washington National Monument is marking the Juneteenth holiday this weekend with three days of special programming commemorating the 161st anniversary of the famous educator, orator and ...

Staff at Booker T. Washington National Monument are commemorating the 161st Anniversary of his emancipation. Friday’s celebration extends through the weekend with events such as a series of guided ...

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) – One by one, visitors stepped forward to ring a bell. A sound park leaders say may have echoed across this property 161 years ago, when a federal soldier arrived to ...

HARDY — Booker T. Washington National Monument kicked off a three-day Juneteenth celebration Friday with a series of programs focused on the park's history as a plantation and the moments that led to ...