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10,000 Trees. First Tree, 1973
10,000 Trees. First Tree, 1973
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Plant 10,000 Trees Campaign, Trees in Cities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban forestry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Rizzo, Frank, 1920-1991, Penn Treaty Park (Philadelphia, Pa.), Ballard, Ernesta Drinker, Rosenbaum, Paul, Welgoss, Teddy, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
Planting the first tree in the “10,000 Trees” project. Left to right: Paul Rosenbaum, PHS; Mayor Frank Rizzo; Ernesta Ballard, PHS; and Teddy Welgoss, PHS. The “10,000 Trees” campaign was a Bicentennial project spearheaded by PHS to plant trees in Philadelphia city parks. The Shingle Oak, Quercus imbricaria, was one of the 10 planted in Penn Treaty Park on December 10, 1973.