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Downtown Planter workday

    Lake Woodruff nature walk with Jim Vanover

      The Freeze of 2022

        Red Maple Tree Planting January 2022

          Christmas Parade 2021

            Painting with Friends 2021

              Monarch Magic 2021

                Photo Gallery

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                2021 Wildflower Festival

                Opportunity Drawing

                Habitat for Humanity Saturday, December 21, 2019

                Downtown DeLand Planters October 2019

                Bee Program Part 2- 10/4/2019

                FUN with Flowers

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                Blue Star Memorial Highway Marker

                December 7, 2011

                World War II veteran Tom Thompson

                World War II veteran Tom Thompson

                Motorists on International Speedway Boulevard near DeLand may now notice something that was previously easy to miss: a sign designating the road as a Blue Star Highway.The Garden Club of DeLand hosted a gathering Wednesday, Dec. 7, to rededicate the Blue Star memorial marker. The significance of the date — the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor — was not lost on the club.“That’s why we chose it,” Garden Club of DeLand President Joan Richardson said. 2011

                World War II veteran Tom Thompson

                World War II veteran Tom Thompson

                World War II veteran Tom Thompson

                Dedication — Ceremony Chairwoman,  Susanne Trittschuh of The Garden Club of DeLand, assists World War II Veteran Tom Thompson as they prepare to place a memorial wreath at the rededication of DeLand’s Blue Star Memorial Highway marker. Tom Thompson's wife, Ann was in attendance. The Garden Club of DeLand chose Dec. 7, Pearl Harbor Day, for the ceremony; Tom Thompson was at Pearl Harbor on the day of infamy, 70 years ago. The wreath was donated by The Magnolia Co. in Barberville.

                Rededication Commitee

                World War II veteran Tom Thompson

                DeLand's Mayor and Pastor

                Blue Star Memorial Highway Marker Rededication Committee

                Former President, Natasha Watts (2009-2011) began the refurbishing of the Memorial process during her administration. Joan Richardson (2011-2013)  organized a committee to hold the ceremony for the rededication.

                DeLand's Mayor and Pastor

                Garden Club Members in attendance

                DeLand's Mayor and Pastor

                The Blue Star Memorial Highway Program began in 1947 as a way of honoring Americans who had served in the armed forces during World War II.U.S. Highway 1 was the first such road in Florida. A Blue Star marker was placed in Key West in 1949.The program was expanded in 1951 to honor all those who had served honorably in the U.S. armed forces

                Garden Club Members in attendance

                Garden Club Members in attendance

                Garden Club Members in attendance

                For the veterans — Members of the Garden Club of DeLand gather around the Blue Star Memorial Highway marker they helped refurbish and rededicate. 

                Visit our Memorial Marker

                Garden Club Members in attendance

                Garden Club Members in attendance

                The marker had been located at the intersection of two highways, where U.S. 92 separates from U.S. Highway 17. At the direction of the Florida Department of Transportation, the sign was reset about 150 feet east of its old spot.“It was moved further away from the intersection to where you turn into McDonald’s and Walgreens,” Margaret Gillen said.

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