Protesting Tree Destruction
Item
Title
Protesting Tree Destruction
Description
In the 1930s, the National Park Service moved forward with a plan to remove trees on the Mall and replace them with rows of American Elms. Katherine Rowland worked in an office near the Mall and wrote to the editors of the Washington Post to protest the tree destruction in general and specifically the removal a tree which shaded her office window and under which she had set a bird bath. Despite the opposition of Rowland and people like her, the trees were removed.
Creator
Katherine Rowland
Source
The Washington Post
Date
01/10/1934
Coverage
1920-1949
topic
design & monuments
environment
ghost mall
politics & protest