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 "Upon
several occasions, Boards of Rotary International have extended to us
invitations to visit the Rotary clubs of other counties; such invitations we
have, as a rule, accepted and we have tried to make ourselves ambassadors of
good-will. With the cooperation of Rotarians and local governments, I have
planted friendship trees in the parks and playgrounds on all the five
continents of the world and even on some of the major islands of the seas.
Our trees stood as symbols of international understanding and good-will.
National and municipal governments have participated in the ceremonies
incident to such plantings and monuments bearing bronze plates with
appropriate inscriptions, have, in several instances, been erected. Our tree
plantings are merely gestures of good-will but they are intelligible to all
the citizens of the various countries whatever language they speak. (Paul P.
Harris "Comely Bank" page 275 "My Road To Rotary" copyright Rotary
International)*
* Among the cities in
which Paul Harris planted friendship trees during his travel are Berlin,
Germany; Tallin, Latvia; Helsingfors, Finland; Gothenburg and Stockholm,
Sweden,; Bergen, Norway;
Shanghai,
China;
Tokyo, Japan;
Brisbane,
Canberra,
Hobart,
Launceston,
Melbourne
and Sydney,
Australia;
Auckland,
Dunedin
and
Wellington, New Zealand; Mexico City, Mexico;
Panama City;
Bogotá, Colombia;
Lima, Peru,
Santiago
and Valparaiso,
Chile; Buenos
Aires, Argentina;
Montevideo,
Uruguay; Rio
de Janeiro and
Sao Paulo,
Brazil. (source "My Road To Rotary)
Callao, Peru
(Peregrinations 3 page 87)
Also, but not listed in
Paul's writings,
Bendigo,
and Parramatta Australia; Gothenburg, Sweden; Lakeland, Florida; Long Beach,
and Cathedral City California; Rumford, Maine; Charlotte, North Carolina and
Aberdeen, and Mississippi. |
