Tree Walk: Lincoln Cottage and Rock Creek Cemetary April 16, 2011

Tree Walk
Lincoln Cottage and Rock Creek Cemetery
Melanie Choukas-Bradley, author of ‘City of Trees’

Author and naturalist Melanie Choukas-Bradley will lead a walk at President Lincoln’s Civil War era summer home. Explore the noteworthy trees around the newly renovated Lincoln Cottage and pay a visit afterwards to nearby Rock Creek Cemetery. The cemetery is home to many historic trees and the gravesite of Alexander “Boss” Shepherd, who planted 60,000 trees during the 1870s as the second and last governor of D.C., contributing to the lasting legacy known as the “City of Trees”.
If you would like to receive an autographed copy of City of Trees, please notify Melanie Choukas-Bradley ([email protected]) by April 8 and bring to the walk $20 in cash or a check made out to the University of Virginia Press.
When: Saturday, April 16

Where: President Lincoln’s Cottage
Armed Forces Retirement Home
Enter via ‘Eagles Gate’ where Upsur St NW
Intersects Rock Creek Church Rd NW
(202)730-3096
http://www.lincolncottage.org/visit/directions.htm

Time: 10:00AM – 1:00PM
Fee: Free