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Life Scout plants trees for fallen servicemembers
JUNE 4, 2009
Life Scout plants one of 37 trees near the Clinic Entrance at BAMC, with the help of Troop 23 Scoutmaster. Boy Scouts from the troop assisted in planting the trees on Memorial Day weekend, with each tree dedicated by name to a San Antonio servicemember who died in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom. Dog tags with the names of the fallen were placed on each tree.
(Source: Brooke Army Medical Center Public Affairs)
Life Scout Trevor Richardson and 30 members of Fort Sam Houston Boy Scout Troop 23 planted 37 Crape Myrtle trees at Brooke Army Medical Center over Memorial Day weekend.
Each tree represented a fallen San Antonio servicemember who had lost their life in Iraq or Afghanistan.
The idea of planting the trees came from Richardson’s father, Lt. Col. Bradley Richardson.
Trees were planted along both sides of a sidewalk, roughly 300 feet, connecting two BAMC parking lots. Attached to every tree is a dog tag with the name of a servicemember who gave his or her life.
Joe Sanchez, head of BAMC’s facilities management, generously provided the younger Richardson space to plant trees as well as a crew to dig holes and water the trees.
Richardson met with Lowe’s sales specialist Debby McKnight and store manager Manuel Tovar and explained the idea of planting a tree for each fallen servicemember. Lowe’s donated one-gallon sized trees for the project.
