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10,000 Trees. Contribution Certificate
10,000 Trees. Contribution Certificate
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Plant 10,000 Trees Campaign, Trees in Cities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban forestry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976, Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
PHS 10,000 Trees donation certificate created between 1973-1976. "This is to certify that ... has contributed to the 10,000 Trees Reforestration Program in Philadelphia's Parks as part of the 1976 Bicentennial 1976 celebration ... . The “10,000 Trees” campaign was a Bicentennial project spearheaded by Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to plant trees in Philadelphia city parks. 1 sheet : illustrations ; 10 x 24 cm
Bicentennial Moon Tree, 1975. Press Release
Bicentennial Moon Tree, 1975. Press Release
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. 10,000 Trees Campaign, United States. Forest Service, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington Square (Philadelphia, Pa.), Bicentennial Moon Tree, Ballard, Ernesta Drinker, Roosa, Stuart A. (Stuart Allen), 1933-1994, McGuire, John R., Vitas, George, Press releases
Press release 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.