Booker T. Washington National Monument celebrates Juneteenth

News Source : Roanoke Times
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- Booker T
- Washington National Monument has held an annual Juneteenth celebration for the past 24 years
- The park unveiled new interpretive signs Friday afternoon detailing the early life of Washington before he was freed at the age of 9 and moved to West Virginia for a time
- The 11 new signs provide insight into his life on the Burroughs plantation
WESTLAKE Booker T. Washington National Monument continued its Juneteenth celebration Friday with programs detailing the famous orator and authors life as well as the lives of other enslaved individua [+4828 chars]