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The story of the RGHF Gavel, from Tuskegee, Alabama
Missing Histories
Mexico City
(See planting
below, as part of a longer film, but we still need the
modern day tree),
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Charlotte, North Carolina, 1939
Description of tree planting in
Charlotte
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Charlotte, North Carolina 1940
Tree planted by
Paul Harris in 1939 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The photo of
the tree and plaque was taken by George M. Frey, in June of
1940. Permission granted byTheRotary Club of Charlotte and 2001
President Jim Woodward
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Visits the Palm Springs Club
Prior to the
planting in Long Beach, Harris presented the charter to Rotary
Club of Palm Springs. Featured in the June issue of The
Rotarian.
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Long Beach, California March 5, 1941
"Long Beach Rotary
Club was singularly honored last week by the presence of the
Founder of Rotary International, Paul P. Harris. Paul made a
special trip from Palm Springs to be present at our meeting.
Immediately after the meeting, a tree planting ceremony was held
at Bixby Park, at which time a Magnolia tree was planted by
Paul. This tree is the first one that he has planted in
California soil, although he has planted many trees in Europe
and Asia on several of his goodwill trips to Rotary Clubs of
other lands, as well as those he has planted in cities through
the United States. Later a plaque was placed near the tree,
commemorating the occasion and dedicating it to Rotary and
friendship!" Long Beach Rotarygram
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Cathedral City, California March 1941
Paul Harris
planting a tree in Cathedral City, California for the Women's
Club of Cathedral City.
It is located on
the corner of East Palm Canyon Drive and Cathedral Canyon Drive.
Rotary Club of Cathedral City, founded some 16 years later,
placed a plaque there also commemorating Paul Harris.
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Cathedral City in 2002
The Rotary Club
has kept the tree in its location dispite development and plans
to feature a photo of it on their club banner.
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Lakeland, Florida Circa 1942
Paul Harris
planting a tree in Lakeland, Florida as PDG Ed R. Bentley, Mayor
E. E. Kelly, and Rotary Club of Lakeland president Echo Wigham
look on. (circa 1942)
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Lakeland, Florida update, below
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"The Rotary
Club of River Valley - Rumford, Maine, USA, area is part of my
district. In 2010, the club planted a replacement tree for the
one originally planted by Paul Harris due to decay and weather
damage. The club has a photo of Paul Harris planting the tree
and a plaque is at the site identifying Rotary, Paul Harris and
the club." PDG
Ann Lee Hussey, RGHF member
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RIP 10/11, RGHF member Ray
Klinginsmith, at Rumford, Maine
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On October 2, 1939, a tree was
planted on the memorial at the Rumford. Main traffic rotary by
Paul Harris
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RUMFORD -- On October 2, 1939, a
tree was planted on the memorial at the Rumford traffic rotary
by Paul Harris, the founder of the Rotary Club, and a
stone/plaque was placed there in his honor.
That tree stood
as a symbol of his visit to the Rumford Rotary Club for over 70
years. Unfortunately, due to age and deteriorating health of the
tree, it had to be cut down.
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2010 Mumford, Maine article continued
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Evanston, Illinois, USA 2012
RIP 12/13 Sakuji Tanaka planting a
Weeping Katsura tree with Rotary Club of Evanston President Pam
Rosenbusch to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the
International Friendship Garden sponsored by Evanston Rotary
clubs. "The local Rotarians are very proud of this garden, and I
was honored that they invited me to plant a tree here."
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4 February 2013 Lakeland, Florida. Original Peace
Tree Planting from 1942 alongside this years Rotary Theme,
"Peace Through Service"
Thanks to the RC of
Lakeland, and RGHF member Neal
Steiger
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4 February 2013 Lakeland,Florida.
Rotary International President Sakuji Tanaka visits Lakeland to
re-plant the Peace Tree originally presented by Rotary
International Founder Paul Harris in 1942. The new tree is a
Magnolia.*
*Magnolia is a large genus of
about 210 flowering plant species in the subfamily Magnolioideae
of the family Magnoliaceae. It is named after French botanist
Pierre Magnol.
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Rotary Friendship Tree with Rotary Rotary
International PresidentGary C.k.Huang, Rotary Rotary District
6980 Governor Jo Weber, and Congressman Daniel Webster March 12,
2015, in Wooton Park, Tavares, FL
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Rotary Club of Lake County Golden Triangle
President Angelo Perciballi, Mayor of Tavares, Rotary
International President Gary CK Huang, US Congressman Daniel
Webster, Dr Phyllis M. Olmstead, Rotarian, Rotary District 6980
Governor Jo Weber of the Villages Rotary, Taiwan ROC Embassy
Economic representative. At Rotary International traditional
Friendship Tree Planting in Tavares, Florida at the Central
Florida Dragon Boat Festival. March 13, 2015 5 pm.
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Historic oak tree
in Tuskegee Square
will be taken down
By GUY RHODES
Editor/Publisher
Updated Apr 28, 2011
Historic oak tree in Tuskegee Square will be taken down
after dying from lightening strike.
An historic oak tree
planted in the Tuskegee Square by Rotary Club founder Paul
Harris in 1945 has reached the end of the line.
Tuskegee
City Manager Al Davis reported at the April 26 Tuskegee City
Council meeting that the large oak will be taken down sometime
after the May 7 Carver Arts & Crafts Festival in the Square.
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Listen to Paul Harris as he describes how Rotary
really began, in his own words, recorded, in 1945, and now for
you to hear with your own ears.
Leland Childs's interview of Paul Harris
in Tuskegee, Alabama, 20 December 1945. Harris
described the origin, purpose and future of Rotary.
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A gavel, made from this tree,was
presented to RGHF on 23 June 2013, at Lisbon, Portugal, by RGHF
member DG 13/14 Bob Callahan
The oak is one of the hundreds of Friendship Oaks
planted by Paul Harris, who founded Rotary International and was
visiting Tuskegee’s local Rotary Club when he planted the
historic tree.
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 The
66-year-old tree suffered from fungus and a lightning strike
from a couple of years ago that ultimately led to its demise.
The 66-year-old tree suffered from fungus and a lightning strike
from a couple of years ago that ultimately led to its demise.
Davis said representatives from the Alabama Extension
Service in Macon County and an expert from Auburn University
determined recently the massive oak is dead.
Davis
mentioned the AU tree expert is also working with attempts to
save the two famous Toomer’s Corner oak trees in Auburn that
were poisoned late last year. Harvey Updike, a 62-year-old
admitted University of Alabama football fanatic, has been
charged with poisoning the Toomer’s oaks.
“We’ll
bid out the job of taking down the oak. It is a tricky job
because of the size of the tree and the fact there is a concern
about dealing with utilities lines in the area,” Davis
explained.
The oak is one of the hundreds of
Friendship Oaks planted by Paul Harris, who founded Rotary
International and was visiting Tuskegee’s local Rotary Club
when he planted the historic tree. The
Paul Harris Fellow status is the highest honor a Rotarian can
achieve.
Davis, who is a Rotarian, noted that gavels for
Rotary Clubs far and wide have been carved from the historic
oak’s branches.
The city manager also told the council
there are some seedlings from the Friendship Oak that could
eventually be planted in its place after it is removed.
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trees/northamerica/images/Paul
Harris Friendship Trees.pdf
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A gavel, made from this tree, was presented to
RGHF on 23 June 2013, at Lisbon, Portugal, by RGHF member DG
13/14 Bob Callahan
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A gavel, made from this tree, was presented to
RGHF on 23 June 2013, at Lisbon, Portugal, by RGHF member DG
13/14 Bob Callahan
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A gavel, made from this tree, was presented to
RGHF on 23 June 2013, at Lisbon, Portugal, by RGHF member DG
13/14 Bob Callahan
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A gavel, made from this tree, was presented to
RGHF on 23 June 2013, at Lisbon, Portugal, by RGHF member DG
13/14 Bob Callahan
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A gavel, made from this tree, was presented to
RGHF on 23 June 2013, at Lisbon, Portugal, by RGHF member DG
13/14 Bob Callahan
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A gavel, made from this tree, was presented to
RGHF on 23 June 2013, at Lisbon, Portugal, by RGHF member DG
13/14 Bob Callahan
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A gavel, made from this tree, was presented to
RGHF on 23 June 2013, at Lisbon, Portugal, by RGHF member DG
13/14 Bob Callahan
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A gavel, made from this tree, was presented to
RGHF on 23 June 2013, at Lisbon, Portugal, by RGHF member DG
13/14 Bob Callahan
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"At the close of the Wednesday plenary session,
shortly after noon, President Emeritus Paul P. Harris, at the invitation
of the Department of Forestry of the Mexican Government, planted a "Tree
of Friendship" in Chapultepec Park. A committee from the Rotary club of
Mexico City headed by Rotarian Carlos Contreras, and other residents of
the capital interested in forest conservation, accompanied him and
witnessed the ceremony." Also
see the 1935 International Convention in Mexico City
The entire 20 minute film, from www.historyfan.org including
a short clip of Paul Harris planting a tree in 1935 is found at the
1935 International Convention in Mexico City. RGHF
is still seeking a modern day image of this tree. (Courtesy
of the RI Archives and Angel Jimenez, RC of Houston, USA)
Another chapter of Paul Harris' love of
mankind is told in this special section
"The Friendship Trees of Paul
Harris"
inspired by RC of Aberdeen, Mississippi,
USA
All photos copyright Rotary International
Archives unless noted otherwise.
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