Tree Dedication

The 2 plaques together by
the tree.

President of the Josiah Edson Chapter of the DAR
presided over the re-dedication.

Northfield Library Board President Amy
Goerowitz and Mayor Dana Graham spoke
to the crowd of @75 people.

Northfield  VFW Color Guard

Unveiling the plaque

Many thanks to 
The Josiah Edson Chapter 

Daughters of the American Revolution

Saturday, September, 24, 2016 at 10 am

The Story:

Originally dedicated on May 7, 1932, the bronze plaque and a Washington Elm tree were a gift to the Northfield Carnegie Library given by Josiah Edson Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. After the death of the tree, the plaque went into storage 

and was lost.

Three Iowa women found it at a sale in Iowa and returned the plaque to the Josiah Edson Chapter. Today as we remember those whose work went before us, we rededicate the original plaque and dedicate a Patriot Elm with its own plaque.