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National tree referendum may crown symbol of American spirit
The article discusses a planned national referendum by January 1934 to choose a national tree, with debate over options mirroring historic trees like Washingtons elm and the Liberty Tree. It lists candidates and historic trees in a projected hall of fame for trees and notes regional state-tree conflicts.
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Turkey
American Nature Association
Congress
Washington
Cambridge
Mass
Commonwealths
South Carolina
South
Indiana
Ohio
Buckeye
California
Ilinois
United States
American Tree Association
Charles Lathrop Pack
Palmer
Springfield
Boston
Boston Common
England
Vincennes
Ind
William Henry Harrison
Tecumseh
Boone's Creek
Wautauga
Tennessee
D. “Boon
Brown
Barke
Conn
John Row
Osawattomie
Athens
William H. Jackson
Col
W. H. Jackson
Georgia Supreme Court
Havana
Cuba
George Washington
Fredericksburg
Cornwallis
Yorktown
Greenes
Kentucky
Ver Planck
Fishkill-On-Studson
Baron Steuben
Society of the Cincinnati
Pomona
Calif
Pomona Valley
Abraham Lincoln
Decorah
Iowa
John Finn
Lincoln
Donegal Church
Pennsylvania
Lord Howe
New York
Bath
Robert Brown
White House
Washington Friendship Groves
Brandywine Sycamore
Brandywine Baptist Church
Chadds Ford
Satanta
A. J. Anthony
Sherman
Christ
Sequoia National Park
William Tecumseh Sherman
Camp Zachary Taylor
United States. Army