The morning call., 1894-01-10
LIBERTY'S TREE.
Historic Soils Gathered
for It's Roots.
Daughters of the Revolution viii
Plant a Living Monument in
Golden Gate Park.

grand patriotic ceremony, formulated by
the Daughters of the American Revolution OF
SequOia Chapter Of San Francisco, viii be held
at Golden Gate Park on April 19, the one bun.
dred and nineteenth anniversary of the battle
of Lexington, The first conflict OF the ReYolu-
tiOnaTY War.
In response to a circular issued some months
since proposing TO plant in the park a Liberty
tree TO pefpetuate The name of the society In
California, Mrs. a. S. Hubbard, one of the
honorary regents, has received contributions
OF soil TO be placed at the roots OF the tree
taken from battle-heids made memorable in The
Revolutionary War, and from near monuments,
buildings and tOmbS erected in cOmmemOration
of The services of the revolutionary soldiers,
sailors, patriots and heroic women.
Plans have been ormulated In accordance
win that outlined IN the circular, site has
been selected IN Golden Gale Park, and
SeQuOia Chapter hone to make the occasion of
planting the Liberty tree memorable.
The Sons of the American Revolution, whose
society was organized in san Francisco on
October y, 1879; ana from which has sprung
branches III nearly every State in the Union,
and particularly the California society, through
whose influence SequOia Chapter sprang into
beng, viii be represented.
SOIL has been received from the old tomb at
Mount Vernon where Washington and his wife
were first buried; from the grave OF Mary Ball
Washington, his mother; from the spot selected
ny DerSen at kenmore, near Fredericksburg,
Va; from the tomb Of Lafayette, Vincenues,
Fran ce; from the graves OF Francis Scott Kew.
author OF the Star Spangled BanneT': John
Hancock, hOmas Jefferson, Samuel Adams
Robert Treat Paine. Charles Carroll of Carroll
ton, Alexander Hamilton, Patrick Henry. Gen
erals Israel Putnam, j Oseph Warren, John Stack,
ARE mas ard, III ST ma jOT-general of the United
States army Colonel Prescott, who commanded
at Bunker Hill, ana Ethan Allen; from the tomb
OF ! bomas Jefferson at Monticello; from the
grave OF George Robert Twelve HeWes one of
the Indians who destroyed the tea"; also
| from the grave of Thomas Johnson first Gov
etnor OF Mary and, who nominated George
Washington commander. chief of the army.
ana from the graves OF many other revolution
bell and Christ Church bells were concealed
beneath the floors Of ZiOn's Reformed Church
from September %, 1877, TO the latter part of
171S; from Tie tOmp of the II 800 martyrs of
the prison ships al Fort Greene, Washin gfon
Park, n. y; from Lexington, Concord,
from yorktown, Valley Forge, Lexington.
Bunker Hill. Guilford, Rhode Island
Germantown, Cowpens, Saratoga, EutaW
Springs, Kings Mountain and GtOtOn Heights
| batIlefeds; from Forts Putnam, Clinton. AR
mold, Pitt, West Point, Clinton and Du Oupsne
| Ticonderoga. Raleigh. Griswold. Necessity and
others; from The site of the old Courthouse
where the stamp act was declared uncOnstItu-
Et0nal and Ignored by the MARYLAND Court of
Frederick County November Is, 1865, eleven
years before the Declaration of Independence:
from The graves OF beroines OF the RpyolII-
tion-Betty Ross, Philadelphia, who made the
first national flag; Mrs. Elizabeth Avery wife
OF Captain Ihaddeus Avery. Westchester
County, \. y; Molly Stark, wife OF The famous
general: Hannah Dustin, Mary Monroe, who
cretia Shaw, Ruth Hart and Mary Latham
Avery, the mother OF six revolutionary heroes.
Besides all these soil has been received from
the graves OF many heroes.