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Location: APPALACHIAN TRAIL

City: HAGERSTOWN

State: Maryland

Zip Code: 21740

Type of Memorial: Veterans Memorial Forest

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR II


THIS MEMORIAL FOREST GREW FROM SEEDS TOSSED FROM AN AIRPLANE ONE CLOUDY SPRING MORNING IN 1945 ONTO A CLEARED, 40-TRACT DEDICATED TO WASHINGTON COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II.
THERE WAS AN EFFORT IN EARLY 2002 TO PUT A MEMORIAL MARKER ON THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL. WITHOUT A MARKER THIS MEMORIAL IS RATHER MEANINGLESS UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN WRITING THAT IDENTIFIES THE FOREST AS A MEMORIAL FOR WORLD WAR II VETERANS.
IF A MARKER WAS OR WILL BE PUT TO MARK THE FORREST THE REGISTRY WOULD APPRECIATE IF SOMEONE COULD TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH AND SUMMIT IT TO US.


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