{"id":707,"date":"2021-12-14T21:39:15","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T02:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/blog\/uncategorized\/quarryville-elementary\/"},"modified":"2022-03-08T10:47:26","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T15:47:26","slug":"quarryville-elementary","status":"publish","type":"cpt_trees","link":"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/trees\/quarryville-elementary\/","title":{"rendered":"Quarryville Elementary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/103A_Q-Elem_JPG.jpg\" alt=\"103a Q Elem Jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/103A_Q-Elem_JPG.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/103A_Q-Elem_JPG-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/103A_Q-Elem_JPG-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/103A_Q-Elem_JPG-420x420.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><figcaption>211 South Hess Street, Quarryville PA<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1999 Quarryville Elementary put together a terrific tree project. \u00a0Working with Principal Kathleen Hood and helped by a grant, landscaper and school alumni Scott Peiffer (3rd photo) shepherded the planting of 11 two-year-old seedlings from American Heritage Trees. \u00a0AHT is a non-profit that sells certifiably authentic descendants\u00a0of\u00a0historic trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few years later, Peiffer and Hood staged a \u201ctree walk\u201d for students. Volunteers dressed in period garb and portraying the represented characters (e.g., George Washington) were stationed by each tree to explain its natural history as well as the relevant human history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the trees (including those representing Clara Barton, Nathan Hale, George Washington Carver, and Betsy Ross) died&nbsp;when transplanted because of a construction project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the collection still contains a George Washington Tulip Poplar, an Abraham Lincoln White Oak, a Martin Luther King Sycamore, a Dwight Eisenhower Green Ash, a Johnny Appleseed Apple Tree, and a Harpers Ferry Dog- wood (see entries for these individual trees for more information).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" data-id=\"1487\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/103A_QvilleElemen_JPG.jpg\" alt=\"103a Qvilleelemen Jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/103A_QvilleElemen_JPG.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/103A_QvilleElemen_JPG-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" data-id=\"1488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/103B_Q-Elementary.jpg\" alt=\"103b Q Elementary\" class=\"wp-image-1488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/103B_Q-Elementary.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.lancastercountytrees.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/103B_Q-Elementary-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Scott Peiffer, Kathleen Hood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1485,"template":"","tax_tree-categories":[14,15],"acf":{"scientific_name":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - 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