1922 GAR TREES PLANTED AT LINCOLN MEMORIAL PARK

1922 GAR TREES PLANTED AT LINCOLN MEMORIAL PARK

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GAR members gather at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C for a tree planting ceremony.  This is an original black and white wire print of a photo taken in Washington in 1922.  A small article clipping accompanies the print:

“THE PLANTING OF THE G.A.R. TREE/ AROUND THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL.  THE/ FIRST SPADE OF EARTH WAS TURNED UP/ BY COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF PALMER AND THE/ SPADE USED BY HIM WAS THE SAME AS/ THE FIRST SPADE OF EARTH FOR THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL.”  7” X 5”.  [mk] [ph:L]

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