1420 in the Shire

To give a quick recap of the ending of The Return of the King, they return, find out Solomon has taken over, the hobbits form a little hobbit army and battle and kick him and his men out. However, Solomon has already done his damage by destroying all the trees and such. At this point, and this is what I want to talk about, Sam takes the soil that the Lady of the Woods had given him as a gift to restore the Shire back to its original state. Sam put a little here and a little there and tossed the rest into the air and let it do its work. He also planted the seed that was given to him of one of the elven trees to replace the big tree in the party field. The effect of this was astounding. Not only was the Shire restored, but was better, more beautiful than before with a gorgeous elven tree in the middle, which brough visitors to it from far away. It has given the Shire a beginning of a golden age, a new beginning, not only a restoration but better. This is the first visual sign that I can think of of the actual proof of the success and growth of the new ruling under man, but not just under man but under man with an alliance and friendship of the elves and dwarves and others. The whole thing just caps off the good ending with the notion that more good things and more growth and beauty will come with the defeat of Sauron and the King Aragorn.