too bad. apparently it was the last of three planted in a triangle. the wood will be used for making house repairs to mt. vernon.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/histo...ry-is-no-more/
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It was probably a sapling when George Washington returned to Mount Vernon in 1783, triumphant after his victory in the Revolutionary War.
It was probably there on the estate in 1787 when he left for the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, and it grew during his terms as the country’s first president. It was there when he came home for good, and when he died in 1799.
Droughts came and went, along with two centuries of American history. (Civil War soldiers carved insignia in its bark.) Then, late one night earlier this month, the tired old white oak gave out and came crashing down across a road in the woods.
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here’s a bowl made from one that fell last year:
https://shops.mountvernon.org/collec...e-oak-bowl-206
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