Today
is Benjamin
Banneker's Birthday!
Happy Birthday
Banneker!
Born: November 9, 1731
in Elliott's Mill, Maryland,
Died: October 9, 1806
in Baltimore County, Maryland
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At 60, Banneker was chosen by George Washington to help lay out the
blueprints
for the new federal district in Washington. Earlier, he had
constructed
the first wooden striking clock in North America and written
best selling almanacs. Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson
wrote
to Banneker saying he had "taken the liberty of sending your almanac to
Monsieur de Condorcet, Secretary of the Academy of sciences at Paris." |
