Penny Pines Memorial Forest

In 1939, President General Sarah Corbin 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 50th Anniversary of the Daughters of the American Revolution. 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 Corps (CCC), under the supervision of the U.S. Forestry Service, did the actual work of planting and care.