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Tue, 07.14.1953

The George Washington Carver National Monument is Dedicated

The George Washington Carver National Monument was dedicated on this date in 1953, in Diamond, Missouri, although it was established ten years earlier (1943).

The monument recognizes Carver’s outstanding achievements as a scientist, educator, and humanitarian. Although Dr. Carver spent only 10 to 12 years on the Diamond Grove farm in Missouri, the area and community greatly influenced the course of his life. It was here that Carver was born into slavery and orphaned as an infant. Yet, he grew up with a love and appreciation of nature that would sustain him throughout his life.

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Wed, 07.14.2010

Africans March in Bastille Day Parade For The First Time

*On this date in 2010, African soldiers from countries in France’s former colonial empire marched in the annual Bastille Day military parade in Paris.

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Poetry Corner

O, poet gifted with sight divine! To thee t'was given Eden's groves to pace With that first pair in whom the human race Their kinship claim: and angels did decline- Great Michael, holy... MILTON by Henrietta Cordelia Ray.
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