Since we were staying in the Tri-State area, we decided to take an hour drive to go see the George Washington Carver National Monument in Diamond, Missouri. We have to admit we didn’t know much about George except the name. However, this monument is top notch and founded on July 14, 1943, by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The site preserves the boyhood home of George Washington Carver, as well as the 1881 Moses Carver house and the Carver cemetery. His boyhood home consists of rolling hills, woodlands, and prairies. The 240-acre (97 ha) park has a 3⁄4-mile (1.2 km) nature trail, film, museum. We did learn also that his name was George Washington and he took the name Carver after moving into Moses Carver’s home.
Overall, this monument provided us with all the information we need to know that he was well renowned and a genius to the point. We highly suggest that you take a quick read of book by Linda O McMurray called George Washington Carver -Scientist and Symbol. This link will take you to a pre-read of the book and should be done on a computer for easy read.
The monument shows that George’s mother, Mary, was bought by Moses Carver at the age of 13 from a neighbor.
Some writings suggest that Mary was kidnapped by slave-raiders but there are no confirmed details. Nevertheless, Moses and his wife, Susan, however, raised George who reflected proudly of his ‘step-parents’. He actually lived in their home. With that support, George grew up on the Carver farm.
The monument has many historical information.
The 240 acres that Moses Carver settled on is now the entire George Washington Carver monument.
Throughout the monument, are plaques in the ground with George’s sayings:
That wraps up our visit to the Monument. We highly suggest you stop by if you are in the area.
