ROBERT E. LEE, Stratford, Va.
Stratford Hall Plantation-where the Confederate general was born in 1807-was home to several generations of the Lee family, including Lee's father, Revolutionary War hero Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee. The Great House contains items like Henry Lee's field desk, while a visitors center has Robert E. Lee memorabilia, including buttons from his uniform. 483 Great House Rd., 804/493-8038, stratfordhall.org, $10.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Hardy, Va.
As a founder and the first president of the Tuskegee Institute, Washington championed both economic and academic advancement as the best ways for African-Americans to overcome racism. Among the reconstructed buildings at the Booker T. Washington National Monument, there's a kitchen/slave cabin where Washington lived with his mother, the plantation's cook, and his two siblings. Washington recounted his early childhood in Virginia in Up From Slavery, his 1901 autobiography. 12130 Booker T. Washington Hwy., 540/721-2094, nps.gov/bowa, free.
Stratford Hall Plantation-where the Confederate general was born in 1807-was home to several generations of the Lee family, including Lee's father, Revolutionary War hero Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee. The Great House contains items like Henry Lee's field desk, while a visitors center has Robert E. Lee memorabilia, including buttons from his uniform. 483 Great House Rd., 804/493-8038, stratfordhall.org, $10.
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As a founder and the first president of the Tuskegee Institute, Washington championed both economic and academic advancement as the best ways for African-Americans to overcome racism. Among the reconstructed buildings at the Booker T. Washington National Monument, there's a kitchen/slave cabin where Washington lived with his mother, the plantation's cook, and his two siblings. Washington recounted his early childhood in Virginia in Up From Slavery, his 1901 autobiography. 12130 Booker T. Washington Hwy., 540/721-2094, nps.gov/bowa, free.
