Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1911 — STORIES OF CAMP AND WAR [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

STORIES OF CAMP AND WAR

NOTED TREE AT ATTLEBORO Planted From Acorn Picked Up on Grounds Surrounding Prison at Andersonville. ' , In the historic Kirk cemetery in At tleboro is a little tree that keeps gjreen the memory of ox-prisoners ol war. _ jSijpifT: The simplicity of the memorial makes it the morebeautlful. A southern baby oak, developing la to # sturdy body and spreading branches, is the tribute to the faithful prisoners at Andersonville and Libby who, rather than accept the unloyal terms of parole, remained in their places of confinement where disease and death lurked. An acorn dropped from a big tree to the grounds at Andersonville prison. Maj. Everett S. one ol the ex-pMsonerß and life president ol

the Attleboro association, brought the acorn from Andersonville after a visit there in recent years and the Veterans decided that, aided by mother earth, it should furnish the memorial. Nine years ago, November 6, a little band of ex-prisoners met in the Kirk cemetery and held exercises in connection with the planting of the acorn. These men agreed that as long as they lived they would assemble on the first Sunday in November each year and hold services about the oak provided the seed should live. The men have not failed to do.

Attleboro's Memorial Tree.