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What Shall Be Our National Tree 88
A historical overview argues for a national tree via a public referendum. It surveys candidates tied to American memory, from the Washington elm and Liberty tree to the Sequoia and local tributes, noting debates on universal presence and historic associations shaping the choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
American Nature Association
Congress
Washington
Commonwealths
South Carolina
South
Indiana
Ohio
Buckeye
California
American Tree Associaton
Charles Lathrop Tack
Washington Elm
Palmer Mass
Springfield
Boston Highway
Washinton
Cambridge
Boston Common
England
Boston
Vincennes
Ind
William Henry Barrison
Tecumseh
Boone’s Creek
Wautausa
Tennessee
D. Boon
John Brown
Barkhamsted
Conn
Osawatomie
Marper’s Ferry
Connecticut
Morse
Washington, D. C
Samuel F. B. Morse
Mass
Athens
William H. Jackson
Col
W. H. Jackson
Georgia Supreme Court
Havana
Cuba
George Washington
Fredericksburg
Cornwallis
Yorktown
Greene
Kentucky
Ver Planck
Fishkill-on-Hudson
Baron Steuben
Society of the Cincinonati
Pomona
Calif
Lord Howe
New York
Pennsylvania
Bath
Robert Brown
White House
Washington Friendship Groves
Brandywine Sycamore
Brandywine Baptist Church
Chadds Ford
Satanta
A. J. Anthony
Lone Sentinel
Sherman Sequoia
Sequoia National Park
William Tecumseh Sherman
John” Fox, Jr
Lonesome Pine