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George Washington Carver National Monument

Walk a woodland and prairie trail past George Washington Carver's birth site, a statue of him as a boy, and the 1881 Moses Carver house.

5646 Carver Rd · Diamond, MO

About George Washington Carver National Monument

This monument preserves the farm where George Washington Carver was born and spent his childhood. Established in 1943, it was the first National Park Service site dedicated to an African American. The visitor center has a museum with interactive history and science exhibits and a film. Outside, a one-mile loop trail through woods and prairie leads you to the birth site, the Boy Carver Statue, the 1881 Moses Carver house and the Carver cemetery.

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