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Gifford Pinchot
Gifford Pinchot

Gifford Pinchot was a prominent American forester, conservationist, and the first Chief of the United States Forest Service. He served as the Governor of Pennsylvania from 1911 to 1915. Pinchot was a leading advocate for scientific forestry and played a crucial role in the development of the modern forestry profession. more

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“Ah! on Thanksgiving day, when from East and from West, From North and South, come the pilgrim and guest, When the gray-haired New Englander sees round his board The old broken links of affection restored, When the care-wearied man seeks his mother once more, And the worn matron smiles where the girl smiled before. What moistens the lips and what brightens the eye? What calls back the past, like the rich pumpkin pie?”