Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-01
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Now the time for national action has arrived
Thus the time is ripe for roads and trees for
remembrance. The United States is going TO cx-
pend S50O.Oo0O0O In the next few years on n ma
tlonal highway system Of interstate arterial
routes II only remains to be seen what agency
of the federal government is to have charge OF
the construction. If the department Of agricul-
ture and the state highway commissions do the
work. the government and the states will share
the expense half and half II highway com
mission is established by congress to have
charge Of the work the share Of the states will be
apportloned In order that states Ike Nevada
Wyoming and Arizona shall not be too heavily
burdened
As to the feature OF memorial trees. this Is also
the chosen time. Public sentiment turns toward
the idea Events all over the country forecast
general memorial planting
The American Forestry association. Of which
Charles LGthrop Pack IS president has issued a
call for memorial tree planting II is registering
all memorial trees ana giving certificates Of reg
istraton also Instructions for planting.
Rev. Dr. Francis f. Clark has called upon the
Christian Endeavor societies to plan, memorial
trees.
Georgetown university remembered its war
heroes at It's one hundred and thrtleth COM
mencement by planting 81 memorial trees In
honor of It's heroic dead, To each tree was nf-
fixed a bronze marker, of which sample Is given
herewith To the next Of kin goes duplicate Of
the marker.
"Niy boys made wonderful reputation for this
country on the battlefelds OF France says Dan
lei Carter Beard. II say my boys because be-
l,eve that there were boy scouts In every Ameri-
can division that participated In the war The
boy scouts slogan Is. Once scout always o
scout plan that are taking up is the
planting OF trees memorials for our heroes,
This is being done In some parts of Long Island
and should be done in all sections. After the
tree has been planted n small tablet should be
placed on 1t bearing the name of the man who
made the supreme sacrifice, and when and where
and how he was killed and his branch Of the
service"
Many victory highways TO be planted with me-
mortal trees are under way throughout the coun.
try.
The National Defense highway, between
Blandensburg and Annapolis. is Maryand's con.
tributlon New York is planning a Roosevelt
Memorial highway from Montauk Point to Buf
falo In Ohio Col Webb c. Hays has offered to
give memorial tablets on memorial highways In
Sandusky county. and William G. Sharpe, former
ambassador to France, will do the same for Lo
rain county.
The poem by Joyce Kilmer, who gave his life
for his country In France is most touching. What
is more fitting than a tree for a memorial? We
may attain the most magnificent effects in stone
and bronze. Compare them with permanent
road-enduring the Appian way, built % cen,
turtles ago-and shaded by the Maryland tuliI
poplar or the Engelmann spruce or any other OF
our magnificent American trees The glimpse OF
an Estes Park road In the Rocky Mountain Ma
tiona park shows natures way Of Identifying q
highway Consider how the trees on guard ado
the browning touch to the Washington monu
ment.