AMERICAN LEGION PLANS MEMORIAL TREE PLANTING 



NOW come Arbor Days again. So general has be- Indianapolis. This school is only seven years old but 

 come the response to the call of the American has enrolled nearly 3,000 students. It is situated on 

 Forestry Association for the planting of memorial the site of an old United States Arsenal and the army 

 trees that these Arbor Days have now become memorial buildings as Guard House, Barracks, Artillery Building, 

 days. Trees are being planted not only for him who and Arsenal lend themselves readily for use as school 

 gave his life to his country, but in honor of him who rooms. It is the hope of the school to make the cam- 

 answered his country's call. 

 This form of memorial ap- 

 peals particularly to the offi- 

 cers of the American Legion 

 and inquiries about selecting 

 and planting trees are com- 

 ing to the American Fores- 

 try Association from every 

 state. Memorial trees are to 

 be used as the setting for the 

 memorial building or memo- 

 rial group adopted in many 

 places. The "Roads of Re- 

 membrance" idea of the 

 Association fits in with the 

 tree planting suggestions and 

 the placing of what ever 

 form of memorial may be 

 adopted. Hugh W. Robert- 

 son, assistant to the Com- 

 mander of th; Department of 

 New York State, has placed 

 the plans for tree planting 

 before the committee on me- 

 morials for that state. 

 Thomas Goldengay, the State 

 Adjutant for New Jersey, 

 has placed the matter before 

 the posts in that state. Rus- 

 sell G. Creviston, writes 

 from the national headquar- 

 ters at Indianapolis that he 

 will put the suggestions be- 

 fore the state adjutants 

 throughout the country. 

 La Vere R. Collier, of the 

 Idaho Department, has for- 

 warded post lists to the As- 

 sociation so the commanders 

 may get the information di- 

 rect. From this enthusiasm 

 it seems that the soldiers 



themselves will do some of the memorial tree planting. 

 They saw as perhaps no one else could see, the value of 

 forests and good roads in France. The result of this 

 co-operation will be a more widespread interest in trees 

 and an awakening to their value. 



The attention being given to memorial trees by the 

 schools of the country is well shown in the memorial 

 tree planting by the Arsenal Technical High Schools of 



AN ARBOR DAY PLANTING 



Th 



tree, planted by the daughter of a Governor, lias been entered in 

 the "Who's Who" of famous trees now being compiled by the American 

 Forestry Association at Washington. Miss Gertrude Black, daughter of 

 the Governor of Kentucky, is shown planting this tree near the Gov- 

 ernor's mansion at Frankfort, Kentucky, as part of the Arbor Day exer- 

 cises throughout the State. The schools of Kentucky, particularly at 

 Louisville, are making a great record in tree planting. 



pus, consisting of 76 acres, 

 a nature park in which are 

 found every species of plant 

 indigenous to the State of 

 Indiana. The school sent 

 232 boys and one girl to the 

 front. It did honor to these 

 patriotic students on Armis- 

 tice Day by planting and 

 dedicating a tree to each one 

 in a part set aside as "Lib- 

 erty Grove." 



This park was dedicated 

 with appropriate exercises by 

 the members of the Janu- 

 ary senior class, Milo H. 

 Stuart, principal of the 

 high school, presiding. The 

 two hundred and thirty- 

 third tree was planted with 

 ceremonies by Walter Shir- 

 ley, president of the senior 

 class, and decorated with 

 the national colors by Mary 

 Cain, vice-president of the 

 class. 



"Liberty Grove" was 

 formally dedicated by Mr. 

 James H. Lowry, secretary 

 of the Park Commission of 

 Indianapolis. The oration of 

 the day was delivered by 

 Dr. Orien F. Fifer, pastor 

 of the Central Avenue Meth- 

 odist Church. The program 

 closed with the singing of 

 America. The trees for 

 "Liberty Grove were donat- 

 ed by the Board of Park 

 Commissioners of India- 

 napolis, and are of every 

 variety typical of America. 

 A group of the seniors has 

 taken it upon themselves to see that the grove is pre- 

 served and to personally see that any trees which may 

 die are replaced. The names have all been registered 

 on the national honor roll being compiled by the Ameri- 

 can Forestry Association. 



Women's clubs are finding in memorial tree planting 

 a most fitting way for honoring a town's heroes. At 

 Columbia, Pennsylvania, the organization of which Miss 



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