DAR Golden Jubilee Commemorative Anniversary Marker - Allenstown, NH, USA - Daughters of the American Revolution on Waymarking.com

In 1939, President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Mrs. Henry M. Robert, chose the Penny Pine program as one of her Golden Jubilee National Projects. Each state was to have a memorial forest, beginning in 1939 and culminating in 1941 on the NSDAR 50th Anniversary. Each chapter across the country was to pledge, at the very least, one acre of pine seedlings. Five dollars an acre at a penny each equals 500 trees. The Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC), under the supervision of the U.S. Forestry Service, would do the actual work of planting and care.

The red pine plantation at Bear Brook State Park was planted by the Daughters of the American Revolution back in 1940. The only Daughters of American Revolution Forest in NH is at Bear Brook State Park! 30,000 pines and a bronze marker were dedicated on June 25, 1940. Due to a heavy insect infestation, the red pine plantation was harvested several years ago. - Submitted March 23, 2019, by Douglas Finney of Concord, New Hampshire, USA." (visit link)

DAR Chapter: New Hampshire Society Daughters of the American Revolution Date Placed: 01/01/1940 Inscription: 1890 - 1940 This Plantation Commemorates the Golden Jubilee Anniversary National Society Daughters of The American Revolution Established by the mutual efforts of The National Park Service, State Forestry and Recreation Department and the New Hampshire Society Daughters of The American Revolution

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