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Liberty treestoMore than 350 New Jersey municipalities will leave permanent symbols of the Bicentennial celebration for future generations in the form of Liberty Trees. The plantings and ceremonies will take place on April 17, which is New Jersey Day.Mrs. Patricia E Gibson of 39 Dartmouth Road, Mountain Lakes, chairman of the Liberty Tree project for the New Jersey Bicentennial Commission, today urged the 200 other communities in the State to join in the Liberty Tree program.The Liberty Tree in each town will be an on-going reminder to future generations that this nation's ideals still live,'' Mrs. Gibson said. A tree is a most appropriate symbol of the American people. Its roots are set firmly in the past; its branches extend confidently into the future.''In colonial towns, Liberty Trees often marked the spots where local leaders gathered lo plan their revolutionary actions and became symbolic of the struggle for freedom.Under the Bicentennial project, each community has been asked to select an aDDrooriateI ± ± ± A * Abe plantedsite to plant a red oak, the State tree of New Jersey. Mrs. Gibson said the municipalities have been requested to use local committees to select and purchase the red oaks. II is recommended that the trees be 1 V? to 2 inches in diameter.April 17 was selected for planting ceremonies because that date has been officially designated as New Jersey Day by the Legislature. On April 17, 1702, Queen Ann.eof England signed the decree consolidating East and West Jersey into the geographic area that is now New Jersey.Mrs. Gibson suggests that the site should have adequate space lor future growth of the tree, should be easily accessible to the public and is likely to remain public property. She has asked each community to inform her of the locations so that a permanent record may be made of Liberty Trees throughout the State—lo leave for New Jerseyans 100 years from now who will be celebrating the national Tricentennial.DOROTHY DEMIS §
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Hillside Times
Hillside, New Jersey, US
Thu, Mar 18, 1976
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