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Bicentennial Moon Tree, 1975
Bicentennial Moon Tree, 1975
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, Woodsy Owl (Mascot)
Dignitaries are preparing to plant the Moon Tree in Washington Square, Philadelphia. Ernesta Ballard, PHS President in center (white pantsuit).  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.