Today
Today the two parcels of land that form the 5-acre (2.0 ha) site have been planted with a thick grove of pine. A path leads north from the parking area to an informational kiosk about Du Bois and his life. From there another path leads west, into a small depression where a memorial boulder sits, with a commemorative plaque. Near the southwest corner of the property are the remnants of the original house's stone foundation. Although Great Barrington has come to support the Du Bois legacy (marking other places in town important in his life), the site has still been the occasional target of vandalism.
If one slips out the northern neck of Manhattan and flies to the left of the silver Sound, one swoops in time onto the Golden River; and dodging its shining beauty, now right, now left, comes after a hundred miles of lake, hill and mountain, in the Old Bay State. Then at the foot of high Mt. Everett one takes a solemn decision; left is sweet, old Sheffield; but pass it by stolidly and slip gently into tiny South Egremont which always sleeps. Then wheel right again and come to Egremont Plain and the House of the Black Burghardts.
— W.E.B. Du BoisRead more about this topic: W.E.B. Du Bois Boyhood Homesite
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Reply can the vast flowering strike from us,
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