Herbie, the centuries old elm tree, to go on view
A cross section of Herbie, the giant elm tree planted a decade after the end of the Revolutionary War, will go on display soon in Yarmouth, Maine.
Wed, Feb 10 2010 at 3:31 PM EST
Photo: Pat Wellenbach/AP If you're a fellow Mainer, you should try to make your way to Yarmouth to view two cross sections of Herbie, the 217-year-old elm tree that was recently cut down after a long fight against Dutch Elm disease.
When Herbie was planted, our young nation wasn't even out of its teens, having sprung to life only 17 years before. The Revolutionary War had ended just a decade before.
I lived in Yarmouth for a short period and loved to drive by Herbie, whose name I didn't actually learn until I sadly read about its impending demise a few months ago.
Read more about Herbie here on MNN:
Are you on Twitter? Follow me (@sheagunther) there, I give good tweets.
And if you really like my writing, you can join my Facebook page.
CLOSE
link:
link:
| Previous Post GOP fails basic climate science 101, again | Next Post Bill Nye tackles issue of winter and global warming |
