Peace Tree Emmen

Hidden behind the building on the Stationsstraat, but accessible, is this Peace Tree.

Text on the stone at the tree:
Peace Tree

To commemorate the end
of the First World War
on 11 November 1918.
Planted by a seven-year old
boy, who put a chestnut
here in the ground.

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: H. Klijnstra
• LEEUWEN, M. VAN & STAARMAN, A., Tastbare Herinneringen 1914-1918, Western Front Association Nederland, 2008.