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Early parkway advocates pushed for a route that went through Virginia, northwest North Carolina, and into Tennessee. <em>Photo from NPS Archives</em>

Early parkway advocates pushed for a route that went through Virginia, northwest North Carolina, and into Tennessee. Photo from NPS Archives

An Old Virginia Christmas

Bedford, VA • Near Milepost 86

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Dates

December 4, 3:00 - 8:00 p.m.

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Cost

Free

Contact

National Park Service
Betsy Haynes
540.721.2094
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Location

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Booker T. Washington National Monument, 12130 BTW Highway Hardy VA, 24101

Celebrate a mid-nineteenth century Christmas on the Burroughs piedmont Virginia tobacco plantation. The monument is the birthplace of Booker T. Washington, noted African American educator, orator, author, and advisor to presidents of the United States. Listen to costumed interpreters talk about the plantation and learn the contrasting stories of Christmas celebrations of the slaves and slave owners.