Tree Planting Tribute to John Lewis at Freedom Park – Feb. 19-21
February 22, 2021 12:26 pm
A banner advertises the February 2021 flowering forest planting in tribute to John Lewis
Note: Over the weekend of February 21 – which would have been the 81st birthday of John Lewis – volunteers gathered at Freedom Park to plant 300 blooming trees in tribute to the late Congressman and civil rights icon. Kelly
A banner advertises the February 2021 flowering forest planting in tribute to John Lewis
An announcement of the February 2021 flowering forest planting in tribute to John Lewis
A banner details the flowering forest that was planted in February 2021 in tribute to John Lewis
A plaque stands beside artist Thornton Dial's The Bridge, an artwork in Freedom Park that is dedicated to John Lewis
Atlanta City Council District 2 representative Amir Farokhi speaks at the February 2021 Freedom Park tree planting event in honor of John Lewis
Representative Nikema Williams, who represents Georgia's 5th District in Congress, speaks at the February 2021 Freedom Park tree planting event in honor of John Lewis
Laura Lane, the Chief Corporate Affairs, Communications and Sustainability Officer for UPS, speaks at the Freedom Park tree planting event in honor of John Lewis
Henry Grant Lewis, brother of John Lewis, speaks at the February 2021 Freedom Park tree planting event in honor of the late Congressman and civil rights leader
Greg Levine - co-executive director of Trees Atlanta - and a guest pause for a photo at the February 2021 Freedom Park tree planting event in honor of John Lewis
Doug Shipman and a fellow volunteer pose for a photo at the Freedom Park tree planting event in honor of John Lewis
Volunteers at the February 2021 Freedom Park tree planting event in honor of John Lewis pause for a photo
A group of volunteers pauses for a photo at the February 2021 Freedom Park tree planting event in honor of John Lewis
Representative Nikema Williams (GA-5) poses for a photo with Atlanta City Council member Amir Farokhi at the Freedom Park tree planting event in honor of John Lewis
Volunteers at work during the February 2021 Freedom Park tree planting event
A Trees Atlanta staff member plants a tree during the February 2021 Freedom Park tree planting event in honor of John Lewis
Volunteers at work during the February 2021 Freedom Park tree planting event in honor of John Lewis
Volunteers at work during the February 2021 Freedom Park tree planting event in honor of John Lewis
A Trees Atlanta staff member at work during the Freedom Park tree planting event in honor of John Lewis
Volunteers work to plant trees during the February 2021 Freedom Park tree planting event in honor of John Lewis
A volunteer totes a wheelbarrow of soil at the Freedom Park tree planting event in honor of John Lewis
Volunteers helping out at the February 2021 Freedom Park tree planting event in honor of John Lewis
Volunteers pause for a photo at the February 2021 Freedom Park tree planting event in honor of John Lewis
Volunteers at work during the February 2021 Freedom Park tree planting event in honor of John Lewis
A collection of shovels ready for use at the Freedom Park tree planting event in honor of John Lewis
A group of volunteers stands by at the February 2021 Freedom Park tree planting event in honor of John Lewis
Greg Levine of Trees Atlanta helps to plant a tree during the February 2021 Freedom Park tree planting event in honor of John Lewis
Seen at the February 2021 Freedom Park tree planting event in honor of John Lewis
Buckets of water are filled at the February 2021 Freedom Park tree planting event in honor of John Lewis
Volunteers prepare the soil for a tree at the February 2021 Freedom Park tree planting event in honor of John Lewis
A volunteer waters a newly planted tree at the Freedom Park tree planting event in honor of John Lewis
Volunteers prepare soil for planting a flowering tree at the February 2021 Freedom Park tree planting event in honor of John Lewis
A volunteer waters a newly-planted tree during the Freedom Park tree planting event in honor of John Lewis
A volunteer shovels soil into a wheelbarrow during the February 2021 Freedom Park tree planting event in honor of John Lewis
Seen at the February 2021 Freedom Park tree planting event in honor of John Lewis
A volunteer at the February 2021 Freedom Park tree planting event in honor of John Lewis
A plaque depicting civil rights leader John Lewis and artist Thornton Dial in Atlanta's Freedom Park
Artist Thornton Dial's "The Bridge," in Atlanta's Freedom Park
Congressman John Lewis and City Councilman Andre Dickens exit a MARTA bus at the 2018 dedication of John Lewis Freedom Parkway
Atlanta City Council member Andre Dickens, Congressman John Lewis, and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms photographed at the dedication of John Lewis Freedom Parkway in 2018
