tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post23832751147659002..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Leafy History: The Beech Tree of Alexander BaneUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-42056045106411532952019-04-11T19:28:52.614-04:002019-04-11T19:28:52.614-04:00I too was a friend to a girl named Karen L. Who wa...I too was a friend to a girl named Karen L. Who was a daughter in the last family to live in that house. I attended the little school with her. I spent many wonderful hours climbing in that lovely tree. It's great to hear from someone with the same memories. Thanks for sharing.Mangywolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05664177671873511387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-50659240851505517642016-08-15T22:57:39.972-04:002016-08-15T22:57:39.972-04:00Growing up in West Chester I was good friends with...Growing up in West Chester I was good friends with the last family to live in the house that stood next door to this tree. We used to climb all around "the crazy tree" that was always cool underneath the massive canapé. As I grew up I learned more about the importance of the tree, but not all of it's history like the fact that Alexander Bane planted it in 1711! Thank you for this post! Lynn Wynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-80359222214249245822016-08-15T22:35:54.265-04:002016-08-15T22:35:54.265-04:00Growing up in West Chester I was good friends with...Growing up in West Chester I was good friends with the last family to live in the house that stood next door to this tree. We used to climb all around "the crazy tree" that was always cool underneath the massive canapé. As I grew up I learned more about the importance of the tree, but not all of it's history like the fact that Alexander Bane planted it in 1711! Thank you for this post! Lynn Wynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-77550966043957715412016-08-15T22:35:22.848-04:002016-08-15T22:35:22.848-04:00Growing up in West Chester I was good friends with...Growing up in West Chester I was good friends with the last family to live in the house that stood next door to this tree. We used to climb all around "the crazy tree" that was always cool underneath the massive canapé. As I grew up I learned more about the importance of the tree, but not all of it's history like the fact that Alexander Bane planted it in 1711! Thank you for this post! Lynn Wynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-4561695960539528352016-01-29T11:17:01.294-05:002016-01-29T11:17:01.294-05:00Hello!
I love your blog! I am a descendant of Alex...Hello!<br />I love your blog! I am a descendant of Alexander Bane, so this post is amazing to me! Tina M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18290465786773895034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-76745399329581304562012-05-02T20:25:46.553-04:002012-05-02T20:25:46.553-04:00Brian, I hope you do get inside the fence. I'v...Brian, I hope you do get inside the fence. I've never seen a security guard, hostile or otherwise, so you've already done better than I ever did. <br /><br />But what a great history lesson for your students - a really big, really old tree is something I'm sure even 2nd graders can comprehend. Even trapped behind that fence and surrounded by its light-industrial modern neighbors, the tree is still imposing, and a tangible link to the colonial past. I'm so glad this post inspired you to visit!<br /><br />I don't live in WC, but about 20 minutes away. My kids used to play hockey at IceLine, however, so I spent a lot of time on Fern Hill Road. :)Isabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-20447668960678363952012-05-02T20:13:47.506-04:002012-05-02T20:13:47.506-04:00Inspired by your page I taught my 2nd grade class ...Inspired by your page I taught my 2nd grade class about this historic tree this afternoon. Thinking it would be really great to get a photo from inside the canopy of the tree I went to the site tonight. As I live within 500 yards of the place I drove over and introduced myself to the Security Officer on duty. I was polite in explaining my purpose for asking but unfortunately "Officer Unfriendly" was somewhat rude in her response. Perhaps this summer I'll go in the daytime and get a less hostile reply. Sad :-( Brian Harris 2nd grade teacher Hillsdale Elementary West Chester, PaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-18406858271739534982012-04-04T07:41:24.788-04:002012-04-04T07:41:24.788-04:00Of course you may link to us, Sharlia - we're ...Of course you may link to us, Sharlia - we're honored. Are you a descendant of Alexander Bane?Isabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-36928269822865972262012-04-04T07:18:06.175-04:002012-04-04T07:18:06.175-04:00Susan - I was searching for Alexander Bane when I ...Susan - I was searching for Alexander Bane when I found your site. May I please have permission to add it to my family tree in Ancestry.com? It adds a very personal touch!<br /><br />Sharlia, San Antonio, TXSharlia McGeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-40816776087540588642010-09-13T13:31:06.422-04:002010-09-13T13:31:06.422-04:00Oh, I have no intention of letting him. Though it&...Oh, I have no intention of letting him. Though it's "only" a Poplar, and the small branches it leaves all over the yard in spring and fall look like skeletonized finger joints, and in the fall is green happy one day and then has dropped every single leaf the next, I wouldn't have it any other way.<br /><br />And it really is magic. It was hit with lightning the year before I was born and the following year, when they thought it might not come back, it grew 15 feet. It's a survivor. Like me :o)nightsmusichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05984119792540771870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-45724620775973676312010-09-13T12:26:39.489-04:002010-09-13T12:26:39.489-04:00Michael, thank you for the link. I always think of...Michael, thank you for the link. I always think of major American events taking place under large trees - often a landmark and the primary gathering place in a time before civic centers.<br /><br />Anonymous, I'd never forget the Royal Oak! But that's such a dramatic story, I'm saving it for another time - like Oak Apple Day? *g*<br /><br />Theo, don't let your husband cut down that tree! Old trees like that really do have a kind of magic to them...<br /><br />Richard, yes, you're right about Penn's "green countrie towns" and his respect for trees. The Hicks paintings that feature him making treaties with Native Americans do always feature him beneath spreading trees - symbolic for all sorts of reasons.Isabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-30058544562755147402010-09-13T11:23:16.893-04:002010-09-13T11:23:16.893-04:00Quaker William Penn has always been connected to t...Quaker William Penn has always been connected to trees and his plan for "green countrie towns." He believed his colony would be a kind of Quaker Eden, hence the emphasis on trees. This is the reason that he is always shown beneath a large tree in the peaceable kingdom paintings by Hicks.Richard Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00375772588623890021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-84866977848933766072010-09-13T10:56:20.830-04:002010-09-13T10:56:20.830-04:00I love old, old trees. Imagine what they've se...I love old, old trees. Imagine what they've seen over their lifetime. I have an old tree in my yard, (well, old by MY standards, just a bit over 100) and though my DH wants to cut it down, I won't let him. This is the land I grew up on and through all of it's changes, that tree has been the one constant. I can't imagine my yard without it.nightsmusichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05984119792540771870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-54616755416097503852010-09-13T07:25:00.192-04:002010-09-13T07:25:00.192-04:00Given your affinity for Charles II, Susan, you can...Given your affinity for Charles II, Susan, you can't forget the Royal Oak that sheltered Charles at Boscobel:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Oak_(tree)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-81110777206821977112010-09-13T01:01:20.735-04:002010-09-13T01:01:20.735-04:00In Virginia we have the Hampton 'Emancipation ...In Virginia we have the Hampton 'Emancipation Oak,' the site of the first Southern reading of the Emancipation Proclamation.<br /><br />"Here, under an oak tree, newly freed African American students listened in January 1863 as the Emancipation Proclamation was read aloud. Union Gen. Benjamin F. Butler’s “contraband of war” decision at Fort Monroe in 1861 anticipated that day, enabling hundreds of enslaved African Americans to reach freedom in the Union lines. The rising number of “contrabands” camped here prompted the establishment of schools — antebellum slave codes had forbidden the education of slaves — and the freedmen exhibited “a great thirst for knowledge.”<br />http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=33817<br /><br />Hampton is a fascinating place to visit, inter alia it claims to be the oldest continuously occupied English settlement in the US.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18385689703075431439noreply@blogger.com