[dropcap]Years[/dropcap] ago, students living at the tip of Hampton manned fire wagons, hauling water and gear as part of their training at Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute.
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They built desks, hand-carved from wood and ornately decorated with drawer pulls replicated from one that President George Washington sat at in one point in his life. They worshipped in Bethesda Chapel in the adjacent National Cemetery, helping to craft silver that bore its name and date — 1884. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″]
Artifacts displaying the skills learned and the work done by students at what is now Hampton University will be on display at the historically black university’s museum beginning Friday.
The “Pathways to Education: 1868-2018” exhibit will consist of three parts: “History,” “Legacy” and “Legend.”
“History” will be set-up to mimic what founder Gen. Samuel Chapman Armstrong started as the university’s first museum the same year he founded the school.
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