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22. A harbinger of the death of America under the orange maggot?

Tue Aug 14, 2018, 11:54 PM

Aug 2018

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A Tree That's Older Than The U.S. Fell At George Washington's House [View all] Recursion Aug 2018 OP

All that rain back east... Wounded Bear Aug 2018 #1

Are we so sure it wasn't the ghost of George Washington? trixie2 Aug 2018 #2

George Washington lived a life, trump wished he could. dubyadiprecession Aug 2018 #10

Thanks, Obama. SCantiGOP Aug 2018 #15

Metaphor! (Drax voice off) bronxiteforever Aug 2018 #4

I like to think General Washington is biding his time Recursion Aug 2018 #5

I wonder what George would say about Cheetos bone spurs! bronxiteforever Aug 2018 #8

(Drax voice on) gratuitous Aug 2018 #11

Firefighters are trying to protect a 2,000-year-old tree in California More_Cowbell Aug 2018 #7

+1. "Some botanists believed it to be close to 6,000 years old" dalton99a Aug 2018 #17

they have to save it. pansypoo53219 Aug 2018 #28

English Lit majors would call it symbolic. Ancients, a portent. UTUSN Aug 2018 #9

I hope they preserve the trunk sections! forgotmylogin Aug 2018 #12

Ohmygodyes what an amazing idea. forgotmylogin Aug 2018 #23

George Washington may be known as living at Mt Vernon but Maggiemayhem Aug 2018 #14

Columbia SC had a 500 year flood in 2015 SCantiGOP Aug 2018 #19

We are still losing trees that got weakened by a hurricane in 2004. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2018 #33

A harbinger of the death of America under the orange maggot? kimbutgar Aug 2018 #22

And, in honor of this beautiful tree....... KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2018 #24

what an honor onethatcares Aug 2018 #26

k&r Demovictory9 Aug 2018 #25

Someone should salvage the wood and make gift shop keepsakes from it. NurseJackie Aug 2018 #27

The article gets into that Recursion Aug 2018 #31

❤️👍 NurseJackie Aug 2018 #32

Hope it's not zentrum Aug 2018 #29

It probably died of shame. NT mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2018 #30