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Historic Elms in America MO339 |
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 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
"If you want to be recalled for something that you do, you will be well-advised to do it under an Elm -- a great Elm, for such a tree outlives the generations of men, the burning issues of today are the ashes of tomorrow, but a noble Elm is a verity that does not change with time. And though they are mortal, great ones are remembered long after they are gone, as are great men."
Donald Culross
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General George Washington is reputed to have taken command of the Continental Army beneath an elm in 1775
Boston's original Liberty Tree was a magnificent elm which was chopped down and burned by the British the following year.
William Penn, for whom Pennsylvania is named, signed an unusual, fair-dealing treaty with Indians beneath a giant elm.
The Osage Indians and Oklahoma sold the oil leases on their reservation beneath a tree dubbed the Million-dollar Elm.
The Scientist's Council Tree in Chicago is an elm tree beneath which physicists at the University of Chicago met to discuss experiments in 1943, which lead to the building of the atomic bomb.
"Thoreau considered elms superior to people; Walt Whitman, walking under elms, was inspired with 'large and melodious thoughts.'"
Paraphrasing and quotes from: Red Oaks and Black Birches by Rebecca Rupp
Daniel Boone Judgment Tree Memorial Committee.
MO-94, Daniel Boone Judgment Tree Memorial, Matson, Saint Charles County Missouri
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