Ceremonies at the Planting of the Liberty Tree in Golden Gate Park (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Ceremonies at the Planting of the Liberty Tree in Golden Gate Park In response to the circular the following contributions were received: Contributions. Soil from monument erected on Lexington battle-field, to mark the spot where the Revolutionary War commenced. - Contributed by MRS. Harriette Perry Stafford, Cottage City, Mass. Soil from the old tomb at Mount Vernon, where Washington and his wife were first buried. - Contributed by Mrs. Adlai E. Stevenson, President-General National Society D. A. R., Washington, D. C. Earth from grave of Marquis de Lafayette, from the cemetery at Picpus, Paris, France. - Contributed by the French Government, and received through the courtesy of M. Reynal, Minister of the Interior and M. L. de Lalande, Consul-Général de France, at San Francisco, Cal. Earth from grave of Mary Ball Washington, the mother of the "Father of his Country, " from the spot chosen by herself on her own home plantation, "Kenmore, " near Fredericksburg, Va., also, piece of the old monument erected to her memory, the corner-stone of which was laid by General Andrew Jackson, President of the United States, May 7, 1833. - Contributed by her great-great-granddaughter, Miss Eugenia Washington, one of the founders of the National Society D. A. R. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.