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Transcript: U.S. NATIONAL ARBORETUM:MS. TUCKIE WESTFALL
Congressional Testimony;  October 21, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Westfall Chairman, Friends of the National Arboretum Washington, DC Committee on House ... PROVIDE THE VIEWS OF THE FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL ARBORETUM (FONA) BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ... MISSION TO ENHANCE SUPPORT FOR THE NATIONAL ARBORETUM THROUGH BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR ...

Transcript: U.S. NATIONAL ARBORETUM:RODNEY J. FRELINGHUYSEN
Congressional Testimony;  October 21, 2003 ;     618 words ... ... for conducting this hearing on the National Arboretum and welcome the opportunity to express ... establishment by Congress in 1926, the National Arboretum has become an internationally renowned ... Congress authorized the U.S. National Arboretum and placed it in the Agriculture ...

Article: U.S. National Arboretum Revives Historic Cherries.
Agricultural Research;  April 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... a big month for us at the U.S. National Arboretum here in Washington, D.C. We have ... s not the first time the U.S. National Arboretum has helped preserve the 1912 Yoshinos ... Creech once observed, "The U.S. National Arboretum is the only major arboretum that ...

Transcript: U.S. NATIONAL ARBORETUM:GIL GUTKNECHT
Congressional Testimony;  October 21, 2003 ;     549 words ... ... to hear testimony on the U.S. National Arboretum will come to order. I want to welcome ... Over its 76-year history, the National Arboretum has provided the District of Columbia ... the unique public asset that is the National Arboretum. We need to better understand how ...

Article: U.S. National Arboretum; Green Thumbs Not Required
The Washington Post;  August 12, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... of the Herb Garden at the U.S. National Arboretum in Northeast Washington. The group ... executive director of Friends of the National Arboretum, says, "Any time of the year is ... legislation in 1927 to establish a national arboretum, the site was not opened to the ...

Article: U.S. National Arboretum: still beautiful at 75. ...
Agricultural Research;  May 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... through the herb garden at the U.S. National Arboretum, shaking aromas from their floral ... is much to know about the U.S. National Arboretum; after all, the plants there can ... Congress to establish the U.S. National Arboretum--on March 4, 1927--nearly ...

Article: Spring cleaning at National ...
The Washington Times;  May 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... from the Youth Garden in the U.S. National Arboretum yesterday, leaving rows of dark ... run by the nonprofit Friends of the National Arboretum. "It's a great story because ... re trying to do." Friends of the National Arboretum employees were surprised and relieved ...