There were almost 3,000 thousand people at the inauguration of the monument. The state has declared September 25 as Sojourner's Truth Day. The monument represents to people Sojourner's legacy and how she stood for dignity, respect and freedom for all, until her death she wanted freedom and fairness for all (sojournertruth.org, n.d.) Sojourner worked hard to relocate former slaves to Western states. He urged the government to give free land to former slaves and give them money to travel to their new homes. Washington, DC, has had an influx of former slaves and freedmen looking for work and security. They had nowhere to live and little food to eat. Sojourner worked diligently at Freedman Village to help them find housing (Butler, n.d.). In 1971, the State University of New York at New Paltz was dedicated to Sojourner Truth. The library is named after her, it may seem strange that a woman who can neither read nor write has a library named after her. Sojourner was a great speaker for human rights and one of the greatest activists to come from Ulster County. Sojourner often told people “I can't read books, but I can read people” (Nyquist,