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TREES AS GOOD CITIZENS 
One of the first Roads of Remembrance to be com¬ 
pleted was fifteen miles of the West Coast road out of 
Tampa, Fla., where the Rotary Club has charge of the 
work. In Kentucky, there is a twelve mile Road of 
Remembrance between Lexington and Georgetown. 
The main highway from New York City to Buffalo is 
to be a Road of Remembrance and the first trees have 
been planted. Victory Oaks have been planted in Louisi¬ 
ana along the Jefferson Highway that leads from New 
Orleans to Winnipeg, Canada, and towns all along the 
route are making plans for memorial tree planting. 
Beautification of the great highways goes hand in hand 
with the memorial tree planting. Particular attention 
is being paid to this by the Woman’s Commission of the 
Bankhead National Highway Association. Trees, shrubs 
and flowers will be planted along this highway and plans 
for a great bird preserve are being pushed. In many 
places in California the Road of Remembrance idea has 
made great progress. In many of the states the tree 
planters are working in close cooperation with the 
state highway officials and reports show that hundreds of 
towns are providing parks and beauty spots as a result 
of the campaign. 
On Armistice Day, 1921, the day of the burial of the 
Unknown Soldier at Arlington, the American Legion 
planted many miles of Roads of Remembrance in Chicago 
and on other thoroughfares in various sections of the 
country. At Santa Rosa, California, the Legion has co¬ 
operated with the Chamber of Commerce in planting four 
and one-half miles of shade trees along a section of the 
state highway. 
Under the leadership of their Chambers of Commerce, 
Joliet, Aurora and Ottawa municipalities have planted 
Memorial Trees to the number of 10,000 on the Lincoln 
Highway in Illinois. 
