DAR Forests In 1939, the President General, Mrs. Henry M. Robert, chose the Penny Pine program as one of her Golden Jubilee National Projects.  Each state was to have a memorial forest, beginning in 1939 and culminating in 1941 on the NSDAR 50th Anniversary.  Each chapter across the country was to pledge, at the very least, one acre of pine seedlings.  Five dollars an acre at a penny each equals 500 trees.  The Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC), under the supervision of the U.S. Forestry Service, would do the actual work of planting and care. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed the CCC in 1933 to solve two problems. It would offer employment to Americans age 18-26, who were out of work because of the failing economy, and it would help the National Forests that were in deplorable condition due to over-harvesting, devastating fires, and little replanting. The CCC would revitalize our National Forests and employ millions of young people. With new assistance from the CCC, the National Forest Service started its program of replanting and growing pines in National nurseries throughout the country.  These pines would be sold to organizations and individuals for a penny each to help share with the cost of the project - hence the popular term Penny Pines. It was patriotic and popular enough that stores and post offices set up buckets for people to put pennies into, and that's how the NSDAR became involved. Some of the states could not participate due to prolonged droughts in their state and the National Forest Service recommended planting many large trees on private lands. Refer to the hyper-links below to read about the DAR Forests in individual states:  Related Links  Arizona  Arkansas  California  Colorado  Connecticut  Delaware  District of Columbia  Florida  Georgia  Illinois  Indiana  Kentucky  Louisana  Maryland  Massachusetts  Michigan  Minnesota  Mississippi  Missouri  Nebraska  New Hampshire New Jersey  New Mexico  New York North Carolina  North Dakota  Ohio  Oklahoma  Oregon  Pennsylvania  South Carolina  South Dakota  Tennessee  Texas  Vermont  Virginia  Washington  West Virginia  Wisconsin   [ Previous       Next ]