Standing beneath the spreading branches of a massive live oak, historian Garrison Marcoux tries to imagine what this scarred, struggling tree saw 245 years ago. Did one of the British soldiers ...

A centuries’ old “witness tree” that survived not only the Revolutionary War but a direct hit from lightning is facing yet another existential threat. Ironically, the famous ...

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Andrew Giordano, plant and tree health care specialist, installs copper lightning rod cable in the branches of a Revolutionary War "witness tree" at the Battle of Eutaw Springs, S.C., historic site on ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- George Washington's war tent has been the centerpiece of the Museum of the American Revolution since it opened its doors in 2017. "That tent is such a symbol of American history ...

Arborists are stepping up efforts to preserve a rare Revolutionary War "witness tree." The tree is an oak estimated to be over 300 years old and stood on Eutaw Springs in an 1781 battle. Crews are ...

EUTAW SPRINGS, S.C. (AP) — Standing beneath the spreading branches of a massive live oak, historian Garrison Marcoux tries to imagine what this scarred, struggling tree saw 245 years ago. Did one of ...