The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-03

 OF WASHINGTON
State Highway Dept and Others Planting Trees
 in Honor of Event
MEMORIAL PROGRAMS

Special assistance is being ren- dered by the Bureau of Roadside Development of the Connecticut highway department to various or- ganizations and committees in con> ducting memorial programs tn connection with the George Wash |ington Bicentennial by beautifica- ton work and tree planting dedi- cated to the memory of the first president, 1t was announced to-day by Highway Commissioner John A. Macdonald.
 In the towns of Lebanon and Woodbury, historic park develop ment has taken place and in other sections of the state the bureau has been cooperating with the Connecticut Park and Forest asso- citation by planting special shade trees along the highways in addi- ton to it's regular spring and fall planting. These trees, the planting of which was made possible by q subscription drive among the mem bers of the association, are distin- guished as George Washington memorial trees by stainless steel markers.
 In the historic town of Lebanon, the bureau has been working with the Connecticut George Washing ton Bicentenial commission and has carried out definite plan or improvement in the vicinity of the town grene upon which is located the old war office, famous for the "Councils of Safety" of Governor Jonathan Trumbull. The war of- flee has been handicapped with n base planting of dwarf evergreenss which add much to the beauty or the spot. More than one hundred mountain laurel plants, the ofnciaI flower of Connecticut. have been grouped along stone wall near Iby. The old well sweep and buck ct have been repaired and are ready for use again. A broken stone walk has been laid from the steps of the war office to the roao- way and a large elm tree nns been transplanted to suitable spot in front of the old colonial building where 1t adds consderanle
 More than fifty nursery grown elm trees were planted on the green to replace those which nave died in years gone by. on thc northern extremity of the green, ' grove of one hundred red plne trees has been planted In memory of Governor Jonathan TrumpuIl. Irrigation ditches have been aug on the green in the. vicinity or the war office to prevent recurrence oI the annual swamp which mas peer 7 so objectionable to residents ana visitors in the past
 The original site of the old war office on the Colchester road IS to be marked by a bronze piaqus placed upon a suitable boulder and the old French oven, relic or tne days when the Duke dc Lauzan French troops were encamped on the green, Is to be restored ana handicapped in a suitable manner.
 These historical and beautiica- ton operations in Lebanon nave been made possible by contripu. tions from the Connecticut George Washington Bicentenial commis- sion ;the Connecticut society, Sons of the American Revolution; tne Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Connecticut; and the Con. necticut Society of the order oi Founders and Patriots Of America
 In the town of Woodbury at tne Intersection of Routes Nos. IA ano &. the radside development bu' rcau has dedicated a large high. way garden to the memory ol George washington. It contains 2 distinctive planting of dwarf ever. greene. towering shrubs and tnrce large purple beech trees, all ol which have served to convert the previously existing waste area into Spot of beauty and interest: IT
 inc garden, the Daughters of tho
 Cincinnati have placed Q nouioe,
 and tablet in commemoration ol
 the planting of the purple beecnes
 These various activities nav'
 been conducted under the supervi
 sion of Luther M. Keith, director
 of the bureau, and A. Earl Wood
 engineer. MT Keith states in con
 nection with the George washing ion Bicenteniair operations that tn'
 bureau has already planted mor'
 than 5000 nursery grown shad' trees along the. routes which wash linnton followed in his seven Jour neys through Connecticut and na'
 rendered much service to various
 historians and committees in trac ling these routes which have sinc'
 been compiled in map form ant
 submitted for the use or tne con
 necticut Bicentenial commission. IT
 addition, more than 1bO coionia milesto ones have been repaired, re
 set and handicapped within the pas year.