Gettysburg Battle Witness Tree Falls

A honey locust tree that witnessed Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, thousands of lives killed in battle, and shaded wounded soldiers, was split during a storm yesterday.

You can see from the photograph, the tree on Cemetery Hill had two codominant trunks which would have inclusions that probably weakened the tree. Since 70% to 80% has been damaged, it is not known if the tree will survive or not.

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Witness

CJ Rudy has wonderful photographs of the Gettysburg National Military Park.

Witness Trees

Photo by Alison Mosier Mills