Photograph - Commemorative Plaque at Danebo
A2023.0003.0002
from the collection of
Creation Date
2006Materials
Dimensions
10 in. H x 15 in. W
Description
| This color photograph shows the inscription on the commemorative plaque that reads: "Trees planted along this parkway in the year 1939 have been named Sesquicentennial trees to commemorate the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the first session of Congress and the Inauguration of the first president of the United States. This tree was planted by Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark as a Sesquicentennial tree April 22, 1939." Danebo and the Danish American Fellowship joined to become the Danish American Center in 2005. The plaque can be seen today in the ground on the east side of the Danish American Center at 3030 West River Parkway South, Minneapolis, MInnesota. |