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Burnside Bridge Witness Tree - Sharpsburg MD
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This stately sycamore still stands beside the Burnside Bridge on Antietam Battlefield and saw the battle action on that day in September 1862.
posted by: HaricotVert_52
location: Maryland
date approved: 11/18/2009
last visited: 11/2/2021
NE57.3 km
Sickle's Witness Tree at Trostle Farm, Gettysburg Battlefield - Gettysburg, PA
This witness tree saw General Sickles establish his headquarters and the 9th Massachusetts battery make their moves during the Battle of Gettysburg.
posted by: NorStar
location: Pennsylvania
date approved: 11/12/2014
last visited: 8/6/2016
NE58.6 km
Copse of Trees - Gettysburg, PA
This is about as historic as a group of trees can get. These trees were witness to and the focal point of Pickett's Charge on the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Amazingly, they still stand today.
posted by: Math Teacher
date approved: 4/28/2013
last visited: 7/7/2018
NE59.7 km
Abraham Lincoln Witness Tree - Gettysburg, PA
Abraham Lincoln passed beneath this tree on November 19, 1863 as he rode to Cemetery Hill to give his Gettysburg Address.
date approved: 7/13/2013
last visited: 3/29/2015
NE59.9 km
Abraham Lincoln Witness Tree II - Gettysburg, PA
One of two Sycamore witness trees very close to one another on the east side of Baltimore Street. Abraham Lincoln passed beneath this tree on November 19, 1863 as he rode to Cemetery Hill to give his Gettysburg Address.
last visited: 12/3/2019
SE87.1 km
Smithsonian Witness Elm - Washington, DC
American Elm tree planted in 1850, before construction of the Smithsonian Museum and the National Mall in central Washington, DC.
posted by: jiggs11
location: District of Columbia
date approved: 10/12/2019
last visited: 10/2/2021
SE95.6 km
War of 1812 Willow Oak - Oxon Hill, Maryland
Located in a small field to the right after entering the parking lot.
posted by: flyingmoose
date approved: 5/20/2021
last visited: never
SE114.6 km
Three Mile Oak - Annapolis, MD
The Three Mile Oak is so named because it was the meeting place, three miles from the center of Annapolis, where town dignitaries would meet important guests and escourt them in.
posted by: WayBetterFinder
date approved: 10/22/2012
last visited: 9/28/2013
SE119.3 km
Morus alba White Mulberry - Annapolis, MD
A dedicated tree at the William Paca House in downtown Annapolis, Maryland.
posted by: bluesnote
date approved: 6/22/2021
last visited: 6/22/2021
S138.2 km
Robert E. Lee's Hitching Tree - Orange VA
Gen. R. E. Lee tied his famous horse, Traveller, to a locust tree while attending services at the nearby church.
posted by: La de Boheme
location: Virginia
date approved: 9/10/2012
last visited: 6/20/2015
N149.8 km
President's House Cucumber Magnolia - University Park, PA
This tree stands to the left side of the Alumni Center, near the pond. It may be visited at any time. Parking is available in several decks around campus.
posted by: r.e.s.t.seekers
date approved: 11/8/2021
last visited: 11/21/2021
N151.1 km
250- Year-Old Sycamore Tree - State College, Pennsylvania
A bronze plaque, stating that this tree was around when the U.S. Constitution was signed, mounted to a post at the sycamore tree.
posted by: ted28285
date approved: 9/20/2021
last visited: 11/11/2021
N151.3 km
Hosler Oak at the Penn State Arboretum - State College, Pennsylvania
On September 28, 2005, the Hosler Oak, the first tree planted as part of the Arboretum. Dedicated to Dr. Charles L. and Anna R. Hosler it was also named as the "Witness Tree" for the Arboretum.
date approved: 4/3/2021
last visited: 4/9/2021