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Bicentennial Moon Tree, 1975. Brochure

MLA citation style
Bicentennial Moon Tree, 1975. Brochure. no date. 1975.
APA citation style
(1975). Bicentennial Moon Tree, 1975. Brochure. Retrieved from https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A63618
Chicago citation style
“Bicentennial Moon Tree, 1975. Brochure”, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society - PHS Archives Digital Image Collection, 1975. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A63618.
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Title

Bicentennial Moon Tree, 1975. Brochure

Subject

American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. 10,000 Trees Campaign
United States. Forest Service
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Washington Square (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Bicentennial Moon Tree
Ballard, Ernesta Drinker
Roosa, Stuart A. (Stuart Allen), 1933-1994

Description

Brochure describing the Planting of the Bicentennial Moon Tree Ceremony to be held in Washington Square Park, Philadelphia. The Bicentennial Moon Tree was a Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) planted on May 6, 1975 from seed carried to the moon by astronaut Stuart A. Roosa on Apollo 14, February 1971.The planting of this historic tree was organized by Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), and the U. S. Forestry Service. This project fell under PHS's 10,000 Trees project -- a tree planting project for the Bicentennial.

Date

1975

Location Covered

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Type

Image

Original Format

Brochures

Digital Format

application/pdf

Language

English

Relation

PHS Archives Digital Image Collection

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Contact

For more information, contact McLean Library and Archives, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, 100 North 20th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19103, 215-988-8782, mcleanlibrary@pennhort.org

Contributing Institution

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

Sponsorship

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. In addition, this project is supported in part through a National Endowment for the Humanities Cares Grant.