In recognition of the Memorial Day holiday, volunteers from the Old Bristol Garden Club cleaned up around the Blue Star Memorial on Route 1 in Damariscotta. The Blue Star Memorial Highway program was started in 1944 by the New Jersey Council of Garden Clubs as a living memorial to veterans of World War II. From left: Club members Tina Streker, Holly Emmons, Nancy Chick, Bunny Adams, and Amanda Miles. (Photo courtesy Holly Emmons)
In honor of the nation’s veterans, members of the Old Bristol Garden Club gathered at the Blue Star Memorial on Route 1 in Damariscotta on May 23 for their annual maintenance day.
Plants were mulched, the lawn was seeded, saplings were removed, and the garden was weeded.
The cleanup was organized by Nancy Chick, the club’s Blue Star committee chair. Volunteer Geoff Chick contributed the mowing.
