Charter Oak Dedication

Basic details

Charter Oak Dedication is an image, with genre photograph.
It was created May 26, 1976.

Background

A Bicentennial Charter Oak was dedicated at a ceremony held on the front lawn of Worthington High School, May 26, 1976. The tree was a gift to Worthington Schools from the Worthington Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution in honor of the nation's Bicentennial. Pictured here are Mary Virginia Harding (right) and a State Officer of the Ohio Society Daughters of the American Revolution (left). The white oak represents Connecticut's "Charter Oak", whose story holds special significance in Worthington. Mary Ellen Minton, the DAR's Bicentennial chair suggested the oak as Worthington's founders were from Connecticut.

Subjects

It features the organization Thomas Worthington High School.
It covers the topics women's clubs, trees and centennial celebrations.
It covers the city Worthington.

Record details

This file was reformatted digital in the format video/jpeg.
The Worthington Memory identification code is dar0005.
This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on . It was last updated .

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