Warwick Community School's Liberty Tree Memorial  to be dedicated  on
Friday, June 4, 2010 at 10 AM

When a special American Liberty Elm puts down roots at  the Warwick
Community School  on Friday, June 4, 2010 at 10 AM it will be much more
than a tree.  It will be a  Liberty Tree Memorial, a living growing
tribute to our country's freedom and founding . The  poem " Liberty
Tree" by Thomas Paine will be read.  The public is invited to attend.

The Warwick Community School Liberty Tree Memorial  was made possible by
Elm Research Institute of Keene, NH.  A grant was awarded to the town .
They have received a 19 ft. tall ceremonial disease-resistant American
Liberty Elm, and a Liberty Tree Memorial  plaque with an inscription
that recounts the history of Boston's Liberty Tree, an American elm that
was the rallying place for the Sons of Liberty in the American
Revolution.


The project has been organized and planned by Ellen Edson, Principal of
the Warwick Community School. With the help of Tim Kilhart, Warwick
Highway Superintendent, the tree has been transported and the school
ground prepared for planting. Students from the school will participate
in the dedication ceremony. The tree will be planted in honor of the
Citizens of Warwick, who made the school possible.

For more than 10 years, Elm Research Institute has been establishing
Liberty Tree Memorials in communities across the country to commemorate
the birth of freedom and help restore the American elm. The Warwick
Community School is the site of one of 412 Liberty Tree Memorials in the
country.

Elm Research Institute was established in 1967 with the purpose of
saving the American elm  from extinction. ERI sponsored genetic research
that resulted in the American Liberty Elm, a purebred descendant of
disease-resistant American elms. It is the only elm with a Lifetime
Warranty against Dutch elm disease. Over 300,000 have been planted since
1984.