Emmet Park

Triangle between Massachusetts Ave

24 and S Streets

Restore Mass Ave projects reviving Historic Landscape here.National Park Service Reservation 302

Features statue of

Robert Emmet1778-1803

Sculptor: Jerome Connor. Dedicated in 1917 by President Woodrow Wilson.

Moved to present site in 1966.

Property of Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Emmet Park boundaries (Baist)

Cherry tree behind bench (planted 2011)

Row of “Red Sunset” red maples cared for by Chad Embassy

RMA Treekeeper excavates to base of black gum tree to help it grow.

Black gum tree corner of S Street and Mass Ave - fall 2013

Planting cherry (2011) Planting elm (2009)

Deodar cedar

Native to Himilaya Mountains

Height in forests can be 70 meters

Tufted branchlets

Drooping branches

Wood scent

Deodar from Sanskrit“wood of the gods.”

More On:Robert Emmet and Jerome Connor statuehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Emmet_%28Connor%29 Deodar cedar (Cedrus deodora)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedrus_deodara

National Park Service Landscape Rehabilitation Plan Reservation 302http://parkplanning.nps.gov/projectHome.cfm?projectID=60430.

National Park Service Landscape Rehabilitation Plan Reservation 203 Power Point Presentation to ANC 2 D, October 19, 2015http://parkplanning.nps.gov/documentsList.cfm?projectID=60430

Restore Mass Ave Comment filed in NPS proceeding, Nov 11 2015http://restoremassave.org/download-pdfs/

Restore Mass Ave Press Release: Statue and Tree Can Coexisthttp://restoremassave.org/in-the-news/