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Earth Day news feature -- Athens' Leafy Landmarks
Apr 22, 2010 by Merritt Melancon
Rinne Allen still remembers the day her grandmother took her into downtown Athens to watch a bunch of adults dedicate a grove of seedlings near the corner of Dougherty and Thomas streets. She was 9 and didn’t really understand what was going on then, but as she has grown so has her appreciation of the connection she has to the trees on that corner. Each one was planted in 1982 in honor of a child. “I can re...
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