The remaining seventeen (17) large shade trees still standing among the rows of hundreds of cherry trees on Chapel Avenue are in the process of being removed from Cherry Hill's cherry tree lined avenue. This will end a forty (40) year quest to remove all shade trees on Chapel Avenue in order to convert it to be a two mile avenue of all cherry trees. This major completion event is occurring on the 40th Anniversary of the first cherry tree planting and the first Cherry Blossom Parade that happened in Cherry Hill in 1973.
Thanks to Mayor Cahn of Cherry Hill -- Cherry Hill's new Mayor --- Chapel Avenue will finally become a two-mile avenue of continuous rows of cherry trees --- extending from from Haddonfield Road to Kings Highway in Cherry Hill. The annual arrival of millions cherry blossoms will call on the townspeople to come together to celebrate all that is good and meaningful in the Township of Cherry Hill.
On April 13th, 2013 -- Cherry Hill's firefighters will be planting cherry trees to replace the seventeen (17) shade trees that were removed. On the same day -- the American Legion Post 372 war veterans will be placing American flags and yellow ribbons onto the hundreds of cherry trees that are lined up on Chapel Avenue in remembrance of the victims of 9-11 and for honoring our men and women in the military.
This 40th Anniversary event in Cherry Hill will mark the end of a long journey for me! The future of this avenue will be placed into the hands of Cherry Hill's firefighters, Cherry Hill's war veterans and the Township of Cherry Hill. It will be up to them and the community of Cherry Hill to decide the future fate of the avenue of cherry trees.
Joe Zanghi
856-667-4199
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