Marietta Daisies Garden Club celebrates 80th Anniversary of Birney Memorial Rose Garden honoring PTA Co-Founder, Alice McClellan Birney
The Birney Memorial Rose Garden marks its 80th anniversary this month. The garden was dedicated Sept 27, 1942 to honor Alice McClellan Birney, co-founder of the National Parent Teacher Association (PTA), originally known as the National Congress of Mothers. Birney, a Marietta native and educator, served as the organization’s president from its inception in 1897 …