LEXINGTON AND CONCORD TREES 



on Massachusetts Avenue, East Lexington, 

 A legend upon its trunk informs us that 



THIS TREE 



WAS PLANTED IN 1732 

 BY JONATHAN HARRINGTON 

 FATHER OF THE LAST SURVIVOR 

 OF THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON 



It is seventy feet in height, sixteen feet, 

 four inches in circumference and ninety feet 

 in the spread of its branches. At about ten 

 feet the trunk divides into four great limbs. 

 One of these, on the northerly side, divides 

 again into four branches. There were origi- 

 nally five sub-divisions to the trunk, but one 

 fell in a heavy gale. The wound has been 

 treated and is properly healing. 



As you pass on from the Harrington Elm 

 towards the historic common, the "Old Mon- 

 roe Tavern" presents itself to your view 

 on the left side of the road. Directly in 

 front of it may be seen another beautiful 

 elm, slightly smaller in girth, but nearly 

 equal in height and spread to the elm just 

 described. Here, on the day of the battle 

 horses were tied to a series of iron spikes, 

 driven at intervals of several inches, around 



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