Shakespeare Garden in Cleveland Cultural Gardens 1926

Tree planting
Photo by: Cleveland Public Library

Planting trees has been an important ceremonial activity in the gardens. This photo shows one such tree planting ceremony in the British Cultural Garden in 1926 (then known as the Shakespeare Garden.) The woman smiling at the camera was not identified on the original photo.

Chervona Kalyna

my cousin Vitya playing bandura

my favorite time of year

Dascha art

St Theodosius Russian Orthodox Cathedral

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-- Keshavan Nair

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"The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul."
-- David O. McKay