ANOTHER ROOSEVELT TREE 



531 



The first 

 marker, placed 

 by Mrs. Frank 

 A r e n e t, of 

 Hempstead, a 

 descendant o f 

 Judge Effing- 

 ham Lawrence, 

 who was first 

 president of the 

 Society in 

 1841 ; the sec- 

 ond, in memory 

 of John Har- 

 old, former sec- 

 retary and 

 treasurer o f 

 the Society, b_\ 

 I. Corndl Rem- 

 sen ; the third, 

 in memory of 

 Thomas H. Ba- 

 con, who had 

 been treasurer 

 of the Society 



Photo by Burt 



THE DEDICATION 



This is the first tree to be planted by an agricjltural society and registered with the Ameri- 

 can Forestry Association, and it was dedicated to the memory of that great tree lover 

 Theodore Rooseveh. 



36 years, and 

 also for many 

 years secretary 

 of the race de 

 partment and 

 manager of the 

 Society, was" 

 placed by Miss 

 Lavinia C. Ba- 

 con, a daughter 

 of Mr. Bacon ; 

 the fourth i n 

 memory of Col. 

 Theodore 

 Roosevelt, was 

 placed by Capt. 

 R.L.Vandewa- 

 ter; a fifth in 

 memory of the 

 soldiers who 

 had died on the 

 fair grounds, 

 while the place 

 was used as a 

 base hospital. 



MRS. MEDILL McCORMICK PLANTS THE ILLINOIS TREE 

 It was particularly appropriate for Mrs. Medill McCormick and her children to plant Illinois' gift to the American Forestry 

 Association, as the Chicago Tribune, owned by the McCormick family, is aiding vigorously in the campaign for planting of 

 memorial and roadside trees throughout the country. 



