Stephen T. Mather Training Center - Harpers Ferry, WV
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N 39° 19.440 W 077° 44.463
18S E 263716 N 4356314
A former college building transformed into the Stephen T. Mather Training Center in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
Waymark Code: WM14HJM
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 07/11/2021
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About the place:
The plaque says, "We claim for ourselves every single right that belongs to a freeborn American, political, civil and social, and until we get these rights we will never cease to protest and assail the ears of America. The battle we wage is not for ourselves alone but for all true Americans.
W.E.B. Du Bois, speaking at Storer College
In 1906, a black civil rights organization called the Niagara Movement held its second annual meeting on the Storer College campus. The conference organizers carefully chose the location of the movement's first meeting on American soil. They selected Harpers Ferry for its rich history, including the John Brown raid to end slavery, and Storer College for its commitment to education for people of all races.
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Niagara Members held their first Meeting in Canada near Niagara Falls.
W.E.B. Du Bois
Niagara Movement Founder and Secretary"
About the Person:
Taken from Wikipedia, "Stephen Tyng Mather (July 4, 1867 – January 22, 1930)[3] was an American industrialist and conservationist who was the first director of the National Park Service. As president and owner of Thorkildsen-Mather Borax Company he became a millionaire. With his friend the journalist Robert Sterling Yard, Mather led a publicity campaign to promote the creation of a unified federal agency to oversee National Parks administration, which was established in 1916. In 1917, Mather was appointed to lead the NPS, the new agency created within the Department of the Interior. He served until 1929, during which time Mather created a professional civil service organization, increased the numbers of parks and national monuments, and established systematic criteria for adding new properties to the federal system."
Year it was dedicated: 1964
Location of Coordinates: Building Entrance
Type of place/structure you are waymarking: Building
Related Web address (if available): Not listed
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