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Monthly Archives: September 2016
Moon Tree
The Moon Tree in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania is planted at the Lockheed Martin Space Systems facility on Goddard Blvd. Located by the cafeteria, the sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) was planted on June 30, 1976 as part of the Bicentennial celebration at what was then the Valley Forge Space Technology Center of the General Electric Space Division. Nearby is a tulip poplar grown from a seed taken from a tree planted by George Washington at Mount Vernon.
Photos courtesy of NASA website.
Read more about the tree at Lockheed Martin’s website. http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/100years/stories/moon-tree.html
Caley Elementary
As reported in a January 9, 1967 Times Herald article….
When Upper Merion School Directors voted to name a new school on Caley Road, Abrams, “King of Prussia Elementary School,” residents objected. They pointed out to school officials that the proposed project, formerly know as Sweetbriar, was neither in King of Prussia or near it. King of Prussia was considered the area around the King of Prussia Inn. 
Letters opposing the name “King of Prussia” to the school were sent by many old families of the township including decedents of the Caley and Abrams families, early settlers of the Abrams area. The School Board reconsidered and decided to call the new school the “Caley Road Elementary School.”