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History The Way Back
June 26, 2024

The Way Back

Written by Merle Jantz

8 men wearing suits, standing next to a tree that was just plantedIn 1938, 26 years after Mt. Lebanon was founded, a ceremonial cedar tree was planted in Mt. Lebanon Park by (from left) Rev. Edward McCown, Mt. Lebanon United Presbyterian Church; township solicitor Samuel Schreiner; township secretary F.W. Cook; commissioners R.L. Thompson and R.C. Giles; Dr. J.A. Basermen; T.R. Barr and township manager A. W. Johns.

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