Tuskegee Institute NHS

Bricks and Peanuts

In 1881, Booker T. Washington arrived in Alabama and started building Tuskegee Institute both in reputation and literally brick by brick.  He recruited the best and the brightest to come and teach here including George Washington Carver who arrived in 1896.  Carver’s innovations in agriculture, especially with peanuts, expanded Tuskegee’s standing throughout the country.  

13 March 2015

Got to take in the Oaks with a GREAT tour guild. It was her first time as a tour guild and she did a wonderful job and had such a passion for Booker T Washington. We also took in the Carver Museum and got to know the mind of George Washington Carver. Who knew you could do so much with a peanut, but he did so much more then just working with peanut's.

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Tuskegee Airman NHS

Before Their Tails Were "Red"

Before the first African American military pilots became known as the "Red Tails" they wore striped tails as they began their flight training in the Army's PT-17 Stearman bi-plane.  Their flying adventure started at Moton Field, in Tuskegee, Alabama, where the Army Air Corps began a military "experiment" to see if Negroes could be trained to fly combat aircraft.  Come--share their adventure!!                                                                          

13 Mar 2015

What a great site. This site give's a great understanding of the hardships they faced not only fighting the enemy aboard but also here in the the country that they were fighting for. These men and woman showed that dedication to a cause can overcome anything, We highly recommend a visit to this site.

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Horseshoe Bend NMP

   

                                                                        

“[They] fought to the last with that kind of bravery desperation inspires…”

On 27 March 1814, Major General Andrew Jackson ‘s army of 3,300 men attacked Chief Menawa’s 1,000 Red Stick Creek warriors fortified in a horseshoe shaped bend of the Tallapoosa River.  Over 800 Red Sticks died that day.  The battle ended the Creek War, resulted in a land cession of 23,000,000 acres to the United States and created a national hero of Andrew Jackson.

12 March 2015
This is a park that is off the beaten path but will worth the trip. This park lays out the events and timeline that led to this battle and a better understanding of why it happened. A dark chapter in our history non the less. This conflict set into motion events that sent one person to the presidency and shaped Andrew Jackson's time in the White House. The other side is the start of a very dark chapter in our history with Native Americans being force off there lands.

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