Men's garden club starts planting elm trees in Liberty

LIBERTY

Amid a dense fog that fell on the Valley Friday morning, the Men’s Garden Club of Youngstown planted the first of four American Elm trees in the township’s Churchill Cemetery.

The American Elm, which almost went extinct, has a close tie to the country’s history.

“Almost every city has a street named Elm,” said club President Dan Burns.

Settlers brought the trees from Europe, he said. And as American colonizing spread west across the continent, settlers brought the trees with them as reminders of home. Soon after, the tree could be spotted anywhere from New England to Florida and as far west as the Dakotas.

And the Elm is closely tied to Burns' past, too.

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