Remembering China's children

A wreath was placed on a live oak tree before a tree planting ceremony at Chucky Seaman Memorial Park across the street from China Elementary School in China on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2006. The tree was planted in remembrance of 11-year-old Nathen Lawrence Jennings and his 7-year-old sister, Carmen Leigh Jennings, who were murdered by her father June 30, 2006.

Photos by Mark M. Hancock / © The Beaumont Enterprise



Cub Scout assistant pack leader Steven Hardt (left) helps his son Wyatt Hardt, 9, (right) post an U.S. flag during a tree planting ceremony at Chucky Seaman Memorial Park in China.


Students add cups of dirt around a tree during a tree planting ceremony at Chucky Seaman Memorial Park. The 8-year-old, 15-foot-tall tree could live for more than 1,000 years as a memorial to the slain children.

For more information, please read "China classmates plant memories of slain friends" by Colin McDonald.
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