washington dc's emmet park: restore mass ave on nps landscape rehab plan
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Emmet Park
Triangle between Massachusetts Ave
24 and S Streets
Restore Mass Ave projects reviving Historic Landscape here.National Park Service Reservation 302
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Features statue of
Robert Emmet1778-1803
Sculptor: Jerome Connor. Dedicated in 1917 by President Woodrow Wilson.
Moved to present site in 1966.
Property of Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Emmet Park boundaries (Baist)
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Cherry tree behind bench (planted 2011)
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Row of “Red Sunset” red maples cared for by Chad Embassy
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RMA Treekeeper excavates to base of black gum tree to help it grow.
Black gum tree corner of S Street and Mass Ave - fall 2013
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Planting cherry (2011) Planting elm (2009)
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Deodar cedar
Native to Himilaya Mountains
Height in forests can be 70 meters
Tufted branchlets
Drooping branches
Wood scent
Deodar from Sanskrit“wood of the gods.”
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More On:Robert Emmet and Jerome Connor statuehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Emmet_%28Connor%29 Deodar cedar (Cedrus deodora)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedrus_deodara
National Park Service Landscape Rehabilitation Plan Reservation 302http://parkplanning.nps.gov/projectHome.cfm?projectID=60430.
National Park Service Landscape Rehabilitation Plan Reservation 203 Power Point Presentation to ANC 2 D, October 19, 2015http://parkplanning.nps.gov/documentsList.cfm?projectID=60430
Restore Mass Ave Comment filed in NPS proceeding, Nov 11 2015http://restoremassave.org/download-pdfs/
Restore Mass Ave Press Release: Statue and Tree Can Coexisthttp://restoremassave.org/in-the-news/