. Curios and relics. Plants. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Thatcher, Maurice H. (Maurice Hudson), 1870-1973; Sheldon, Bert; Trees. hr/to /?' #*f 7**'l Z> C, THE. Woman's Relief Corps Has Charge of Exercises at Monument Site. PLAN CALLS FOR AVENUE OF ELMS TO MONUMENT Memorial Well Under Way, But Will Not Be Completed for Three Years. With simple but Impressive ceremony, the Woman's Relief Corps today dedi- cated the ground upon which will stand the two trees nearest the Lincoln me- morial In Potomac Park in the avenue of trees which will make a vista from the. memorial to the Washington Monu-
. Curios and relics. Plants. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Thatcher, Maurice H. (Maurice Hudson), 1870-1973; Sheldon, Bert; Trees. hr/to /?' #*f 7**'l Z> C, THE. Woman's Relief Corps Has Charge of Exercises at Monument Site. PLAN CALLS FOR AVENUE OF ELMS TO MONUMENT Memorial Well Under Way, But Will Not Be Completed for Three Years. With simple but Impressive ceremony, the Woman's Relief Corps today dedi- cated the ground upon which will stand the two trees nearest the Lincoln me- morial In Potomac Park in the avenue of trees which will make a vista from the. memorial to the Washington Monu- ment. David J. Palmer, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, turned the first spadeful of earth, and he was succeeded in turning the soil by Mrs. W. E. Andrews, chairman of the committee'in charge of the tree planting; Mrs. Sarah E. PultOn, na- tional president of the W. R. C; Mrs. Mary E> Jameson, national presidept of the Ladies of the G. A. R.; Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball and others. Trees Must Be Replanted. Two English elm trees were planted by the W. R. C. today, the ceremony beginning at 1:30 o'clock. Owing to the fact that the terrace around the Lincoln memorial must be graded, the trees put in place today are only tem- porarily planted. As soon as the grad- ing has been completed they will be planted permanently in the locations corresponding to those selected today. Later markers of bronze will be placed on the trees by the W. R. C. Miss Rutji Ayder, a graduate of George Washington University and the organizer of the glee club at the unlvers ty last | year, sang "The Star Spangled Banner" and "Our Country's ; The words I and music of the latter song were writ- ten by Mrs. Mary Litz-Parker. who re- cently organized G. A. R. Logan Circle. No. 4, W. R. C. The veterans and mem- bers of. the Relief Corps joined In the chorus. Thousands of the members of the ;G. A. R. and the W. R. C. attended the tree planting, and when the ceremoni
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