President Jackson's Magnolia to be Removed
I have agreed with and supported almost everything Trump has accomplished, but this time I do not! However, after investigation I discovered that the tree is dangerous. I remember they say that several people have been killed by falling trees in Central Park in New York. Also, they do not plan to remove the whole tree. And they have taken sprouts from it which are growing nearby, and one will be planted where the original tree was. Here is the Jackson Magnolia http://www.oakridger.com/article/20100302/NEWS/303029989 John Rice, “When Andrew Jackson went to the White House as the nation’s seventh president, Baker related, he took a cutting from a Magnolia tree from his home, The Hermitage, near Nashville. This branch was planted in the White House lawn in memory of his beloved wife, Rachel, who had died. ...” Rachel died on Dec. 22, 1828, two weeks after he won the election to the presidency and prior to his March 4, 1829, inauguration. Helicopters ...