Military
In May 1917, at this site, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and Major General Commandant George Barnett cut the first tree, symbolizing the official acquisition of the Marine Reservation at Quantico, Virginia.
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Quantico Base, Virginia · United States
