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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 27 Aug 1926, p. 11

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August Zl, 1926 Tree Surgeons to Preserve Trees of . Historic Interest Trees that are living memorials of America's hi~toric past are to be preserved for future _generat~ons, without cost to the nation or l)istorical associations. · ~ongress~an Martin L. Davey of Ohto, who is President of the Davey Tree Expert company, of ·Kent, has agreed to m~ke this unique contribution to the records of American history. He will donate the services of tree surgeons of his Company to preserve one historic tree each year. The trees will be selected by the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, as whose reouest Mr. Davey makes his contribution. Each state organization of the D. A. R . is gathering data on the trees of its state, to he given to the National Historic Tree Committee, headed by Mrs. Frederick E. Frisbee of Sheldon, Iowa. · The idea gr:ew out of Mr. Davey's generosity in saving- the famous horse<'~le.stnut ~ree at Fredericksburg, Vir~m1a, whtch was done at the suggestiOn of Mrs . H. H. Smith of the Kenmore association. This tree was the !a~t of thirteen, symbolizin~ the origmal states of the Union, which were planted hy George Washington to shade the v.,~lk from his mother's home to the home of his sister, Betty Lewis. · r rs. Anthony Wayne Cook of Cooksburg, Pennsylvania, the reti"ring President General. was so impressed that she endorsed Mrs. Frisbee's request of ~tfr. Davey, that he save one tree each year for the D. A. R. The tree to be treated this year will be C"hosen under the administration of ~f rs. Alfred Brosseau, new President Gene raJ. "Is it not an impressive thing to think of thes e historic trees as the · one living link of th e best things of a g loriou s past," wrote Mr. D~vey in re spons.c to a letter of thanks from .Mrs. Cook. 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