USA - 200 Years - Monterey, CA
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Metro2
N 36° 35.887 W 121° 53.810
10S E 598671 N 4050858
A Bicentennial Moon Tree located in Monterey's Friendly Plaza.
Waymark Code: WMRKA5
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 07/03/2016
Views: 2
The sign accompanying this tree reads:
"COAST REDWOOD
SEQUOIA SEMPERVIRENS
THIS "MOON TREE" IS A COAST
REDWOOD GROWN FROM A SEED THAT,
THAT IN JANUARY 1971 WAS CARRIED TO THE
MOON AND BROUGHT BACK TO EARTH
BY MAJOR STUART ROOSA, COMMAND
MODULE PILOT FOR APOLLO 14.
THE SEED WAS PLANTED AND NURTURED
INTO A SEEDLING AT THE UNITED STATES
FOREST SERVICE FOREST GENETICS
NURSERY IN PLACERVILLE, CALIFORNIA.
PLANYED HERE IN JULY 1976 AND DEDICATED
TO THE PEOPLE OF MONTEREY TO COMMEMORATE
THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA AND FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF ALL
FUTURE GENERATIONS BY THE CALIFORNIA
DIVISION OF FORESTRY AND THE SOCIETY OF
AMERICAN FORESTERS."
Subject: Country
Commemoration: 200
Date of Founding: 7/4/1776
Date of Commemoration: 7/4/1976
Address:
Friendly Plaza
Monterey, CA
Overview Photograph:
Yes
Detail Photograph:
Yes
Web site if available: [Web Link]
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