HARRISBURG'S MUNICIPAL FOREST 



By Harry J. Mueller 



A PRIL 23rd last, was a "red letter" 



/ \ day for Harrisburg, Pa. Thou- 



/ V sands of school children set out 



about 5,000 white pine seedlings, 



as a nucleus the citys' municipal 



forest. There have been many Arbor 



Day proclamations and many exercises 

 on a small scale in the State, but never 

 was there a planting in which so many 

 school children participated carried 

 out so successfully. Can you imagine 

 two thousand children marching from 



Two Thousand Harrisburg, Pa., Children On Their Way to Plant Five Thousand White Pine Seedlings 



in the First Municipal Forest in Pennsylvania 



732 



