Show ti o 0 HONOR THE TaiNE TaiN E CONSTITUTION PLANT T J. J TREES TR E E S et at etI By ELMO SCOTT T WATSON atsA sA we the pe people of f the thc United States r year ear will ce celebrate ebrite the one hundred and ad fiftieth anniversary of 7 the he a adoption action d of the Constitution under which we have I D Keen been g governed as a nation for Cor a century and a half haIC and other ways of observing that anniversary among g were we're MJ to say It Wit with I 1 t trees rees 1 going ma 1171 l At least it is so p planned I anne d b by y tl the sesquicentennial has hs charge of the celebration Rion In which i h Ion a recent said saidi e d congress s the commission sal E in the wide nation r Ute tore which will be a part parte e Sesquicentennial on celee cele- cele e the planting of trees for the treeL tree- tree at al plans L project In co operation co-operation Tree American American Ore ar at elsewhere in this reis re- re ct is j. customary for many 41 organizations to plant I trees as a tribute tode to de ers or to distinguished I to h es of history During bration these organized u j m i join In the tree plants plant- plant s 17 of the one I and ind fiftieth anniversary formation oration of the Const Conti- uk a ad r b fht avs a I a gaR of a a aL L r be I. 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N k 16 PACK I f lach ach ch state and local cornwill com corn will have its anniversary ark en i fitting ceremonies wit will l 1 9 ed Millions of trees willIi will Ii rated to the memory o of f aeri ers of the Constitution I i plans were being made mad e J celebration of the Wash Wash- rb bicentennial it was into In in- rt to plant trees tree s roe r of the event But s so o so did this idea become I I out the country that In hi Inar ar 1932 some 0 g e actually planted in ted ed St States tes Therefore i it t sed ed to follow a similar i in celebrating the ses ses- al of the t i in the case of the Wash- Wash t n I bicentennial the I the United States will be beto a to plant a tree in the thes a s i s of the White House and also be set out in the grounds mounds It will be highly too that the chief justice t ted led t to plant a tree in the ts s surrounding the new newe o Re I e Court building s Inaugurating the move move- it is planned to reach city town and school ivi es of the commission greatly assisted by the atlas alion of the American lation This excellent alion i will also operate co pig Paring g a booklet explains explain explain- s e e planting of trees and t I a program for the ded ded- t millions maims of Constitution d thus BIB set out during the ton lion I will prove a g and appropriate trib- trib the Constitution of ot the States Stales American Tree already issued the book- book n ned A- A in m the it its it's foregoing called the J Tree Flint Plant Plant- and recently several copies Were sent to club dub leaders a and teachers throughout the At the same ame time timo Lathrop Pack president association issued this sot ent lite e t I Great Oak Constitution stands like t oak It has weathered storms It deserves a place the family Bible Dible 11 id every What for could be more lit lit- the American begin pea peo- for sow now to make their marking the g C September trees We 17 1937 by are ready to ute ore to school tion leaders teachers or t o anyone Tree Constitution the Planting Bookfor Book Book- In Constitution and aU all date as With well every vas as Gorge George the letter of transmit transmit- gIVen congress details With this plant on how to ested and program care for for trees tree the States States the statement of the Ion Constitution Com Com- live Points million out nearly to trees were mark the bIcentennial of the birth of George Washing ton Now we have another reason rea rea- son for planting Then w we honored the Father of Our Coun try and now we mark the crownIng crown crown- trig tog achievement of his great career the binding of the nation together under a Constitution Historians all agree he made mad the Constitution possible In our planting plans we no not t only have the call of the commission commis commis- sion to heed but we have the cooperation cooperation co co- co- co operation of thousands of organ At this years year's meeting of the General Federation a of f Women's Clubs Mrs H H. H G G. G Bogert Bogert Bogert Bo- Bo gert of Colorado national conservation conser conser- chairman started a tree planting campaign reaching into every club In the Daughters of the American Revolution Mrs I Avery Turner of Texas national chairman of conservation and thrift has called upon all chapter chap chap- ter chairmen to push the pro pro- gram Every year class in colleges and high schools as well as private institutions is being asked to plant a tree as class activity In the citizenship committees of various organza organza- dons tree planting will be a major activity One of the tree planting books has been sent to every campIn campIn campIn camp In these days when we hear so much about dust storms floods and soil erosion causing hundreds of millions of dollars damages the American people must become tree minded and realize the value of forests in flood prevention The forests and their products support every in in- Commerce is impossible without these forest products So let ld us plant not alone to mark this important date in our history history his his- tory maybe the most important date but also to call the attention attention atten often tion of new thousands to the value of trees Ratification Day Mr Pack also has sent to the governors of the original states ratifying the Constitution the suggestion that Ratification Days in each state be marked I H ip irk NT ati T r d v- v s rv r- r uP GEORGE WASHINGTON The adoption of the Constitution was wag the tho crowning achievement of or hIs bis treat Teat career by organizing wide state-wide plans for tree planting in anticipation of the big program m In hi 1937 1937 Among the thousands of Cf trees which will be planted next year rear as a part of the tho Constitution Constitution Con Cou celebration undoubtedly undoubtedly undoubtedly edly there will be many elms This will wUl be especially appropriate appropriate priMe In so far as this celebration cele cele- bration also honors the memory mem them ory orr of George Washington since an elm tree marked an Important milestone In hi his life It n was under a tree of this species in Cambridge Mass l that he be took command of the Continental army on July 3 1775 and started on the career which led to the establishment establishment establish establish- ment of a new nation and his election as its Us first President U under the Constitution For nearly a century and a ahall half hall this elm was a landmark and patriotic shrine carefully guarded and with every effort made to save it from the ravages of time Its lon long and honored I Ar r s ss s i ir iraa s i i ii aa i SF tF lC n t r. r i t OJ 1 LAST OF TilE THE 13 HORSE CHESTNUT TREES PLANTED BY WASHINGTON AT KENMORE IORI carver car er came to an end in Aug Aug- gust 1923 when the whole trunk cracked and fell tell while workmen were pulling a dead branch from it It was estimated that the tree was then Uen more than years old Numerous Grandchildren But even though this historic tree is dead it lives on in its children and grandchildren which are to be found in various parts of the United States On May 1 1 1876 a centennial tree which had been produced from the seed of the Washington elm was presented to the city of Cambridge by John Owen Two grandchild seedlings from the Cambridge elm under which Washington took command command com com- mand of the Continental army are growing near his tomb at Mount Vernon there is one Inthe inthe in inthe the yard of the governors governor's mansion mansion mansion man man- sion in Annapolis Md one in front of the Memorial church at Valley Forge and another at Washington college at Chestertown Chestertown Chester Chester- town Md which was named for Washington and which he once visited to receive an honorary degree Another is thriving on the grounds of the D. D A. A R. R Memorial Continental hall hail in Washington D. D C. C and still another in the yard of the hea headquarters headquarters head head- d quarters of the Sons of the American American Amer Amer- AmerIcan ican Revolution in the same city And clear across the country o othe on n the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle there i is S another of these grandchild n a d ere eren seedlings brought there thereof by an of the university Besides the two Cambridge e elms the state of Massachusetts is is rich in tree memorials t to o the Father of Hi Ills His Country Just outside the town of Palmer on Cn the Boston Spring field highway stands another er famous old tree known as t the he Mother Washington elm It I is claimed by some historians an anthe and d the American Forestry association association a tion that when Washington w was wason wason as his to Cambridge h he e on way st stopp stopped hed beneath beneath this particular fir elm to rest Many Washington Trees Elm trees however ere are n not of the only ones which we e associate to with the name of Washington a aa n Mass has a button button- Jj wood tree where Washington watered horses A horse chestnut chest- chest nut tut tree planted by Washington still stands In to the yard of Kenmore Kenmore Kenmore Ken- Ken more the Fredericksburg Va Vu home of Betty Washington Lewis his sister It is the last of 13 such trees ees which he planted there to represent the Thirteen Colonies and nd to shade the walk between the cottage of his mother Mary Ball Washington and Kenmore Eight years ago a WashIngton Washing ton on Friendship Grove of 13 horse chestnut trees was planted In to the National Capital They sprang from the seeds of a tree which for more than years stood in Bath Pa as an emblem of f friendship between Washington and Gen Robert Brown The latter lat lat lat- ter was a frequent visitor t to o Mount Vernon and at the end of one ne such visit in 1781 Washing Washing- ton Ion with his own hands dug from m his garden two young horse hors e chestnut trees which he pr presented presented pre pre- e to his friend Brown carried car ried tied the young saplings across s the mountains to his home where whey e he planted them on the lawn Only one of the trees however r survived but it grew to a height of 70 feet and had an foot 85 spread of its branches Tree of Two Nations On the grounds of the Capitol Capito 1 in n Washington is an elm under unde r which the first President is sac said rd d to have sat while watching th the e progress in the building of that tha t edifice On the grounds of the tin e White House stands a tr tree trae e which h is also associated with the name nam of Washington and which 11 links y the past and the present in a an n unusual manner This tree is the of a an n acorn brought from Russia an and d because of this and its unique e lineage it is known as the Russo- Russo o- o American Oak The tree from which the acorn n was obtained stands in Lenin grad It grew from an acorn n produced by a tree at the tin e tomb of Washington at Mt Ver Ver- non The Mt Vernon acorn wa was s sent to the czar of Russia by Senator Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts Massa Massa- and slanted planted In to the tin e grounds of the imperial palace e by the czar as a symbol of Russo Russo- American friendship In 1898 the tin e tree which had grown from Senator Sen Senator ator Sumner's Stunners acorn was located locate d by Ethan Allen Hitchcock the then n American Ambassador to S St. St t Petersburg Gathering and planting plantIng plant plant- I Ing tog some of the acorns from this thi S tree the ambassador sent a sapling sap ling of the new generation t to President Roosevelt for planting g In to the White House grounds Th The e planting took place on April 6 1904 exactly thirteen years before before before be be- fore the day on which the United Unite d States joined hands with Russia Russi a and other European countries i ithe in inthe inthe n the greatest conflict the world wort d d has ever known known known-a a conflict which h led to the destruction of the of old d Russia and the assassination of the royal family The young Ire tree e was planted by President Roosevelt Roose Roose- ti velt ven himself In several parts of the count country ry are trees famous for their ass association association asso asso- c C with Washington's friend frien d Marquis de Lafayette One LiC Lafayette La Li fayette tree on the he battlefield C of Brandywine derives its prestige e from the fact that when the tho eel celebrated celebrated cele cele- e French general w was as wounded at Brandywine his injuries in n juries were given first aid under wide r this tree At Annapolis is a tree tr ee under which a reception to L Lafayette La a fayette was held with a dust distinguished distin 1 company in n attendance attendant e. e In the form of trees planted by iy his own hand General Lafayette Lafayet te e left many mementoes of h his l tra travels tray trav v I els In to America America- One of these is isnow I I now standing at Concord Ne New w I Hampshire Another is at Yorktown York York- k i- i j I town Va near i 1 house In to which ch h I are still to be seen cannon ba balls Is imbedded in the timbers s dur durin during m ig the siege of Yorktown I e wt totoa 10 |