MEMORIAL DAY~THE NATION^S TREE DAY 



jl/T EMORIAL DAY has become the national tree day. 

 ^^^ The nation turns to the memorial trees it has plant 

 e<l and dedicates them on that day of reverence. In the 

 years to come the nation will gather about its memorial 

 trees as about no other memorials. This was shown in 

 York County, Pennsylvania, on Memorial Day, when 

 twenty-five miles of the Lincoln Highway was dedicated 

 as a Road of Remembrance. This stretch of the famous 

 road had been planted on both sides with memorial trees 



National Photo 



MRS. HARDING'S TROWEL IN DEMAND 



Even now request.? are coming in from women's organizations 

 for the tree-planting trowel first used by Mrs. Warren G. Hard- 

 ing at a tree planting by the Ainerican Forestry .Association. 

 It was again used at the planting of the International Tree at 

 the Pan-American Conference of Women. Since then it has been 

 in many places throughout the country, the first request coming 

 from Iowa from the Federation of Women's Clubs of West 

 Union, Iowa, for fall planting. 



from W'rightsville to Abbottstown. The Women's Club 

 did the preliminary work and the trees have been turned 

 over to the care of the Lincoln Highway Memorial and 

 Tribute Tree Association. 



The speakers at the unveiling of the tablets were 

 Major R. Y. Stuart, Pennsylvania Commissioner of For- 

 estry, and Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the Ameri- 

 can Forestry As.sociation. Mr. Pack opened his address 

 by reading a letter to the Women's Club of York from 

 Mrs. Warren G. Harding, a vice president of the Asso- 



ciation. This letter follows: 



THE WHITE HOUSE 

 The Women's Club, York, Pa. : 



Please allow me to congratulate you on the 

 wonderful work you have brought to conclusion 

 in the dedication on Memorial Day of the Road 

 of Remembrance along the Lincoln Highway. 

 In the planting of twenty-five miles of that fa- 

 mous highway you have erected a memorial that 

 the entire country can enjoy in the years to 

 come. May long life attend the trees you have 

 ])laced in the care of the Lincoln Highway Mem- 

 orial and Tribute Tree Association. 

 Sincerely yours, 

 FLORENCE KLING HARDING. 

 Following the invocation by Rev. Samuel H. Bell, chap- 

 lain of the American Legion, H. C. Ulmer introduced the 

 sjjeakers. Major Stuart paid glowing tribute to the 

 Road of Remembrance idea and said his department was 

 ready to co-operate with all organizations in the state in 

 memorial tree planting. Mr. Pack told of the nation- 

 wide spread of memorial tree planting and how other 

 links of the Lincoln Highway had been planted. In 



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ONE OF THE MEMORIAL ROAD MARKERS 



Two tablets were placed at either end of the twenty-five mile 

 Road of Remembrance in York County, which was dedicated 

 with impressive ceremonies on May 30, 1922. 



