Upcoming events at the Booker T. Washington birthplace in Hardy

For Future Generations: Preserving the Burroughs Plantation
May 16 – 7:00 p.m. Historic Preservation Month Celebration
Discuss the protecting and preserving Washington’s birthplace.

Food, Fiber and Flowers
May 27 – 2:00 p.m. Garden Tour
Learn about gardening techniques and cultivated plant varieties of the 1850's.

Juneteenth Gospel Music Celebration June 16 - 11:00 a.m. Special Event Enjoy the food, fun and fellowship as the community celebrates freedom. Freedom Train: The Story of Harriett Tubman June 23 - 10:00 a.m. Young Reader's Book Club To Be a Ranger June 30 - 10:00 a.m. Junior Ranger Summer Program Explore the duties of a NPS Park Ranger.

Tears of Freedom July 7 - 11:00 a.m. Experience the emotions felt on the Burroughs Plantation during emancipation. Blockades & Stockades: Shortages July 8 - 2:00 p.m. Discover how life changed dramatically for people on the southern home front during the American Civil War. Trouble Don't Last July 14 - 10:00 a.m. Young Reader's Club To Be a Leader July 21 - 10:00 a.m. Junior Ranger Summer Program Develop leadership skills like Dr. Washington.

What is the Price of Freedom?
August 4 - 2:00 p.m.
Explore Washington's vision of the National Negro Business League.

Sojourner Truth: Voice of Freedom
August 11 - 10:00 a.m. Young Reader's Book Club

To Be a Naturalist
August 18 - 10:00 a.m. Junior Ranger Summer Program
Study plants and animals like a naturalist.