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Show American Elms for Lincoln Memorial TWO American elms have been planted by the American Forestry association on the grounds of the Lincoln memorial. The elms, one for the allied armies and one for the allied al-lied navies, were dedicated by Charles Lathrop Pack of Iakewood, N. J., president of the association. After Mr. Pack's short address, Mrs. Warren G. Harding presented her tree-planting tree-planting trowel to members of the American Legion who placed the trees at the Twenty-tklrd street entrance to the grounds. The trees are to stand at the head of what will be an international avenue of memorial trees to be planted by various world governments, according to the plans of Lieut. Col. C. O. Sherrill of the department of public buildings and grounds, who co-operated with the American Forestry association in plans for the tree planting. Mrs. Harding brought with her In its walnut box the trowel with which she planted the Ohio tree on the association's as-sociation's grounds last spring. The famous trowel has just returned from Canton, O., and South Bend, Ind., where it hod been used for memorial tree planting nt the tomb of William McKinley and along the Lincoln highway. high-way. Immediately after the ceremony the trowel was sent to Chicago for the American Legion. In dedicating the trees, Mr. Tack said: "The elm is inseparably connected with the past nnd present of America. For such an avenue this is a fitting spot -the memorial to Abraham Lincoln. Lin-coln. Look about you and you see him. He nnd the United States are identical. He nnd you men who fought are identical. He and the cause of the plain people for whlcb you fought are identical. He, Eternal Truth, and the cause wt mark todaj are all Identical." |