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Photos: Volunteers plant trees in N.P. Dodge Park to honor Nebraskan Veterans, First Responders
Volunteers plant trees in N.P. Dodge Park in Omaha on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. About 175 trees were planted in Dodge park as part of the Nebraska Memorial Forest in honor of Nebraskans veterans and first responders who died in the line of duty.
Volunteers plant trees in N.P. Dodge Park in Omaha on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. About 175 trees were planted in Dodge park as part of the Nebraska Memorial Forest in honor of Nebraskans veterans and first responders who died in the line of duty.
Jeff Milise, with the City of Omaha, moves dirt around the base of a tree in N.P. Dodge Park in Omaha on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. The tree and 175 others were planted in Dodge park as part of the Nebraska Memorial Forest in honor of Nebraskans veterans and first responders who died in the line of duty.
Russ Quimby and his wife Paula Pillen-Quimby plant a tree at N.P. Dodge Park in Omaha on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. The tree and 175 others were planted in Dodge park as part of the Nebraska Memorial Forest in honor of Nebraskans veterans and first responders who died in the line of duty.
Jeff Milise, with the City of Omaha, moves dirt around the base of a tree in N.P. Dodge Park in Omaha on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. The tree and 175 others were planted in Dodge park as part of the Nebraska Memorial Forest in honor of Nebraskans veterans and first responders who died in the line of duty.
Jeff Milise, with the City of Omaha, adjusts a tree as he plants it in N.P. Dodge Park in Omaha on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. The tree and 175 others were planted in Dodge park as part of the Nebraska Memorial Forest in honor of Nebraskans veterans and first responders who died in the line of duty.
Jim Meier, director of Honor and Remember Nebraska Chapter, speaks during a tree planting at N.P. Dodge Park in Omaha on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. About 175 trees were planted in Dodge park as part of the Nebraska Memorial Forest in honor of Nebraskans veterans and first responders who died in the line of duty.
Jim Meier, director of Honor and Remember Nebraska Chapter, speaks during a tree planting at N.P. Dodge Park in Omaha on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. About 175 trees were planted in Dodge park as part of the Nebraska Memorial Forest in honor of Nebraskans veterans and first responders who died in the line of duty.
Thomas Wood holds a photo of his late son, Edwin Wood, during a tree planting at N.P. Dodge Park in Omaha on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. Sfc. Edwin Wood was killed by an improvised explosive device while serving in the U.S. Army in Afghanistan.

