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Photos: Hawthorn tree planting

Published 12:23 am Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Juneau residents attend a tree planting reenactment ceremony for Alaska’s 50th Arbor Day at the Juneau-Douglas City Museum on Monday.
Juneau residents attend a tree planting reenactment ceremony for Alaska’s 50th Arbor Day at the Juneau-Douglas City Museum on Monday.

In honor of Alaska’s 50th Arbor Day, Gov. Bill Walker planted a hawthorn tree outside the Juneau-Douglas City Museum today. Learn more about the historic event, and the significance of the hawthorn, by reading this article here: Alaska’s 50-year anniversary of Arbor Day.