Nov 7, 2017 - The history department and Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society co-sponsored a community service project at Liberty Garden Park & Arboretum on November 7, 2017. Several members of the Rutledge Honorary History Club also participated in the event. In all, 17 people from Union worked at the park under the supervision of representatives from the City of Jackson, the Keep Jackson Beautiful Commission, and the Madison County Master Gardeners program. The project was a part of Union University’s annual Campus and Community: A Day of Remembrance and Service.
Participants performed several tasks at the park. One group helped with the pruning of trees while another engaged in mulching. Others trimmed shrubs, raked garden beds, pulled weeds, and swept sidewalks.
Tammy Buchanan-Anderson, the project supervisor, began the morning by presenting a history of Liberty Garden Park and introducing the other project leaders. They included Jack Baudo (Master Gardener), Jodi Jacobs (Keep Jackson Beautiful), and J. D. Sims (City of Jackson groundskeeping crew supervisor).
Members of Union University’s project team included six professors and 11 students. The faculty members who took part were Drs. Henry Allen, Keith Bates, Stephen Carls, Terry Lindley, Kelvin Moore, and David Thomas. The student participants were: Katie Allison, Jessica Barton, Lydia Black, Katherine Cheshire, Sara Conley, Matthew Latham, Seth Reid, Ali Renckens, Lillie Salazar, Luke Sower, and Emily Summers. Dr. Carls coordinated the event for the Union group.
Participants in the 2017 History Department/Phi Alpha Theta community service project at Liberty Garden Park & Arboretum on November 7 include (left to right): Tammy Buchanan-Anderson, Jodi Jacobs, Emily Summers, Jack Baudo, SaraBeth Conley, J. D. Sims, Ali Renckens, Luke Sower (back row), Lydia Black, Lillie Salazar, Dr. Keith Bates (back row), Katie Allison, Matthew Latham, Jessica Barton, Katherine Cheshire, Dr. David Thomas, Dr. Kelvin Moore, Seth Reid, Dr. Terry Lindley, Dr. Henry Allen, Cynthia Wilkes, and Mario Clark. Dr. Stephen Carls took the photo.
SaraBeth Conley sits in the Jones Suite as people arrive for the History Department/Phi Alpha Theta community service project on November 7, 2017.
Emily Summers and Matthew Latham wait in the Jones Suite for the History Department/Phi Alpha Theta community service project to begin on November 7, 2017.
The beauty of Liberty Garden Park in the fall is quite evident in this photo taken at the history department's community service project on November 7, 2017. Photo by Janelle Vest
Union University participants in the History Department/Phi Alpha Theta community service project at Liberty Garden Park listen to project coordinator Tammy Buchanan-Anderson talk about the history of the park on the morning of November 7, 2017. They are (left to right): Matthew Latham, Dr. David Thomas, Katherine Cheshire, Katie Allison, Lillie Salazar, Seth Reid (behind), Jessica Barton, Dr. Keith Bates, Ali Renckens, Luke Sower, Dr. Henry Allen, SaraBeth Conley, Emily Summers, Dr. Terry Lindley, and Dr. Kelvin Moore.
Tammy Buchanan-Anderson (left to right), Jessica Barton, and Jodi Jacobs stand together at Liberty Garden Park during the History Department/Phi Alpha Theta community service project on November 7, 2017.
Lillie Salazar pauses for a photo while pruning shrubs at Liberty Garden Park on November 7, 2017.
Ali Renckens (left) and Luke Sower remove mulch from a truck for placement around a tree at Liberty Garden Park on November 7, 2017. Lydia Black watches from behind.
Luke Sower (front left), Matthew Latham (to the right of Sower), and Seth Reid (right, back to camera) remove mulch from a City of Jackson truck during the history department's community service project at Liberty Garden Park on November 7, 2017.
Union University participants in the history department's community service project at Liberty Garden Park place mulch around shrubs on November 7, 2017. They are (left to right) Katherine Cheshire, Lydia Black, Dr. Keith Bates, Dr. David Thomas (back to camera) Dr. Henry Allen (back to camera), Luke Sower, and Ali Renckens. Seth Reid, standing on the the truck's dump body, pushes mulch toward the workers.
Seth Reid (left) and Dr. Keith Bates put mulch around a tree at Liberty Garden Park on November 7, 2017.
Dr. Kelvin Moore uses a power tool to trim shrubs at Liberty Garden Park on November 7, 2017.
Emily Summers uses a blower to clean leaves and trimmings from an area of shrubs at Liberty Garden Park on November 7, 2017.
SaraBeth Conley (left) and Emily Summers gather up bush trimmings at Liberty Garden Park on November 7, 2017.
Ali Renckens throws a branch onto a pile at the history department's community service project at Liberty Garden Park & Arboretum on November 7, 2017. Photo by Janelle Vest
Participants in the history department's community service project at Liberty Garden Park on November 7, 2017 pause for a photo. They are (left to right): Dr. Keith Bates, Luke Sower, Seth Reid, J. D. Sims, Katherine Cheshire, Dr. Henry Allen, Dr. David Thomas, and Lydia Black. Photo by Janelle Vest
Phi Alpha Theta member Katherine Cheshire carries a tree branch to a pile for pickup at Liberty Garden Park on November 7, 2017. Photo by Janelle Vest
Participants in the history department's community service project stand by a Little Free Library at Liberty Garden Park. Dr. Stephen Carls kneels in front of the library; standing behind him are (left to right) Luke Sower, Dr. Keith Bates, Dr. Kelvin Moore, and Dr. Terry Lindley. Carls's daughter Elizabeth Weber constructed the library for the park in early 2017. Photo by Kristi Woody
Dr. David Thomas carries a branch for loading onto a dump truck at the history department's community service project at Liberty Garden Park on November 7, 2017. Photo by Kristi Woody
Katie Allison carries some branches to a pile for loading onto a truck at Liberty Garden Park on November 7, 2017. Photo by Janelle Vest
Dr. Henry Allen carries some branches for loading onto a dump truck at the History Department/Phi Alpha Theta community service project at Liberty Garden Park on November 7, 2017. Photo by Kristi Woody
Dr. Stephen Carls (second from right) hands out snacks to Emily Summers (third from right) and Jessica Barton (right) at the history department's community service project at Liberty Garden Park, while Dr. Terry Lindley observes. Photo by Janelle Vest
Phi Alpha Theta member Jessica Barton and Charles Brooks, a member of the City of Jackson groundskeeping crew, foist a tree log onto the back of a dump truck at Liberty Garden Park on November 7, 2017. Photo by Kristi Woody
Dr. Kelvin Moore (left) leads the history department's Day of Remembrance group in a closing ceremony at Liberty Garden Park on November 7, 2017. In the background are Luke Sower (left to right), Dr. Keith Bates, and Seth Reid. Photo by Kristi Woody