620,000 Trees Being Planted to Honor Civil War Dead-- Part 1

From the December 22, 2013, Bay Bulletin.

Some 108 oak, maple, cedar and dogwood trees had been planted as a highway beautification project to honor Americans who died in the conflict.

When it is completed, the line of trees will stretch from Thomas Jefferson's home at Monticello near Charlottesville, Virginia, to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.  The cost is expected to be $65 million and it will be the largest man-made pathway of trees on earth, 180 miles long and crossing through three states.

Already, 248 trees have been planted at Bliss Orchard on the Gettysburg Battlefield.

--Old Secesh