What: Conservationist and scientist, George Washington Carver, to be remembered during programs held at?Tuskegee?and?Auburn?universities on Saturday. The George Washington Carver Day event will focus on several aspects from Carver?s life and work including science, nutrition, environmental conservation and art. ??
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When: Saturday, Jan. 7 ?
Where: Tuskegee University?s George Washington Carver Museum and Auburn University?s Ralph Brown Draughon Library
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Panel Discussions and Events: Panel discussions on the scientist will be held at both institutions. The first discussion will be at 10 a.m. at the Carver museum and the second will be held at 3 p.m. at Auburn?s Draughon library.
The following activities will also be featured at the Carver museum:
????????? At 1 p.m., a children?s art workshop on Carver will be held.
????????? Refreshments featuring peanuts and sweet potatoes. Some of the foods will be made from Carver?s recipes.
????????? Seldom seen artifacts from the Tuskegee University Archives, including the Carver meteorite.?
????????? Former Tuskegee students who personally knew Carver will be in the audience and available for questions.
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Figures of Interest: Dana Chandler, Tuskegee University archivist and adjunct history professor; Mark Hersey, assistant history professor at Mississippi State University and author of ?My Work is that of Conservation:? An Environmental Biography of George Washington Carver? and Gary Kremer, executive director of the State Historical Society of Missouri, adjunct history professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia, and author of ?George Washington Carver: A Biography.?
For More Information: Contact Shirley Baxter at 334-727-3200 or Shirley_k_baxter@nps.gov.
Information Source: Tuskegee University
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