Evening star., 1937-10-24
13STATES' TREES
PLANTED AT RITES
Placed Along Parkway in
Honor of Anniversary of
Constitution.

Representatives Of the Thirteen
Original States planted trees on the
west bank of the Potomac yesterday
afternoon, along the new addition to
the George Washington Memorial
Parkway, at SPOT north of Arlington
Memorial Bridge, In honor of the
150th anniversary of the formation
of the Constitution of the United
States.
School children of Washington,
members of the High School Cadet
Corps. cavalrymen from Fort Myer
and men and women in all walks OF
life took part in the elaborate cere-
monies held under the auspices OF
the various societies representing the
Thirteen Original States in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
With Representative Sol Bloom OF
New York, director general of the
United States Constitution Sesqui-
centennial Commission, as principal
speaker, flags of the Thirteen States
we're unfurled, first by the mounted
cavalrymen and later by the civilian
representatives of the attendant
States.
E Piuribus Unum Section.
Citing the fact that America and
Americans think in terms Of symbols,
Bloom pointed to the motto on the
Great Seal Of the United States and
said, THE symbolism of the present
occasion is so evident that We might
hereafter call this part of the George
Washington Memorial Parkway the
"E Pluribus Unum Section"
He pointed to the difference of the
individual States as eXemplified even
in their trees and showed how, with
all their diversified interests they
cling together in the grand cluster
that makes up the Union.
State trees planted were:
Delaware. red oak; Pennsylvania,
hemlock; New Jersey, white oak;
Georgia, pecan; Connecticut. red
maple: Massachusetts,, American elm;
Maryland. white oak; South Carolina,
willow oak; New Hampshire. Ameri-
can ash: Virginia, red oak; New York,
American plane (sycamore) North
Carolina, sweet gum; Rhode Island,
Kentucky coffee tree.
Halsey Is Present.
Since the ceremonies were held on
ground that once was decided to the
District by the Commonwealth of Vir-
einia, the Virginia delegation was the
largest at the tree planting. Col Edwin
A. Halsey, secretary of the United
States Senate and newly elected pres
ident of the Virginia State Society,
represented the Governor. Wilbur C.
Hall represented the State. Other
representatives and their States fol-
low:
Gov. Richard c. McMullen, Della
ware; j. Buell. Snyder, Pennsylvania;
Walter Hall, New Jersey; Henderson
Latham, Georgia; Capt. B. T. Nc
Queenie, ssachusetts; Senator Au-
gustine Lonergan, Connecticut; Col.
Harry c. Jones, Maryland, with John
Marshall Boteler, flag bearer; Hugh
E. Phillips, South Carolina; John S.
v. Davie, New Hampshire; Maurice
c. Sands, New York; Gen. r. L. Cox,
North Carolina, and William j. Crane,
Rhode Island.
Music by Army Band.
Music was given by the Army Band
under the direction of Capt. Thomas
Darcy, U. S. A., leader. First spec
tacle was the grand entrance of Rep
resentative j. Buell. Snyder, chairman
Of the committee, with his staff Off
GERS and officials of the State and
United States Government Then
came the mounted representatives of
the 13 societies with the State flags.
As soon as the assemblage was in
order, DR.. James Shera Montgomery,
chaplain of the House Of Representa-
tives, invoked benediction Children
from the Gordon Junior High School
then sang America" after which
children from Garfield and Virginia
Avenue Fairgrounds, dressed like syl-
van nymphs, gave The Dance of
the Trees"
C. Marshall Finnan. superintendent
Of the National Capital Parks, sketched
the history Of his organization in
brief talk and superintended the ac-
tual planting of the trees. Kipling's
"Recessionar WAS sung by Earl Car
baugh, a short talk was made by
Marie Moore Forrest, who directed
the pageantry, and the ceremonies
were closed by the singing of "The
Star Spangled Banner" led by Mr..
Carbaugh and accompanied by the
United States Army Band.