AN American sycamore in Sharpsburg, Md., was just a sapling beside a stone bridge when Union troops blocked the first Confederate invasion of the North during the horrific battle at Antietam Creek in 1862.
An ancient bur oak in Michigan.
“It’s still standing by the bridge,” said Charles A. Birnbaum, president of the Cultural Landscape Foundation in Washington, which draws attention to historically important natural features and designed landscapes. “That tree is the only living witness to the bloodiest day in America,” he said, when more than 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or listed as missing. Read more at NewYorkTimes
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