CEDARS FOR AMERICA
Eighteen trees have been presented to the American nation by the people of the Near East in gratitude for what America did for them after the war. They -are cedars from the mountain forests of Lebanon, and are to be planted in the National Cemetery at Arlington. Before, being sent off they were blessed by Sahag the Seeond> leader of tho Armenian Church. Mrs. Roosevelt presided at a ceremony- accepting them on behalf of the American people. The trees range from 12in to 10ft high, and it Js hoped they will grow to 60ft or 80ft. The gift recalls the fact that tho United States raised tho huge sum of £25,000,000 to aid the thousands in the Near East who were ■ homeless owing to the war. The Americans dealt with 132,000 orphans and taught 60,000 children, a trade..
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 28, 2 August 1934, Page 7
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141CEDARS FOR AMERICA Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 28, 2 August 1934, Page 7
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