Group photo while celebrating the successful event.
CHARLOTTE PRESIDENTIAL TREES
April 22 1939 planted by Paul Harris, Founder and First Rotary International President
Hard Sugar Maple, Mint Museum
February 24, 1964 planted by Carl Miller, President, Rotary International
Hard Sugar Maple, Mint Museum
August 21, 1978 planted by Clem Renouf, President, Rotary International
Red Maple-Acer Rubrum Mint Museum
October 28, 2004 planted by President Glenn Estess, President, Rotary International
Central Piedmont Community College
October 19, 2013 planted by Ron Burton, Rotary International
Mint Museum
October 19, 2013 President Ron Burton, Rotary International
Central Piedmont Community College
October 15, 2016 President-Elect Ian Riseley, Rotary International
Mint Museum
May 31, 2018 President-Elect Barry Rassin
October Glory Red Maple - Mint Museum
June 1, 2018 - President-Elect Barry Rassin
UNCC Center City Campus
November 10, 2018 - planted by Past Rotary International President John Germ
October Glory Red Maple - Mint Museum
November 19, 2021 - planted by Rotary International President Shekhar Mehta
October Glory Red Maple - Mint Museum
There has been a long-standing relationship with the Rotary Club of Charlotte and The Mint Museum. The largest club on the East Coast, the Rotary Club of Charlotte was chartered on December 1, 1916. The goals of the organization include “participating in service projects that benefit their own community and those in other countries”.
On April 22, 1939, an English Walnut tree was planted on The Mint Museum of Art grounds, on behalf of the Rotary International Club. The leaves of the tree which was planted “have been for the healing of the nations”, according to Rotary founder Harris. The tree and original plaque still resides on museum property (see picture below).
A second tree, a Hard Sugar Maple-Acer Saccarum tree was planted by the Rotary Club in 1964, and inscribed on the plaque reads, “Planted February 24, 1964, by Carl P. Miller, President, Rotary International; C.W. Gilchrist, Director, Rotary International; Dr. H. Haynes Baird, President, Charlotte Rotary Club; Glenn E. Park, Chairman, Arrangements Committee.” This tree also still resides on museum property.
In 1978, a Red Maple-Acer Rubrum tree was planted on behalf of the Rotary Club, and inscribed on the plaque reads “Planted August 21, 1978 by Clem Renouf, President, Rotary International, Dean W. Colvard, President, Charlotte Rotary Club”. The tree still resides on the property