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more than 4000 years, it has a diameter of 36^2 feet 
and a height of 280 feet. This tree is located in 
Sequoia National Park, where it stands as a memorial 
to General William Tecumseh Sherman, as well as the 
undisputed monarch of the ages. 
In sharp contrast to this woodland patriarch is the 
Naturalization Tree in Kentucky, a symbol of the 
American Spirit of to-day. For this tree no certificate 
of age is necessary. Both name and fame rest on its 
service in connection with Americanizing recruits at 
Camp Zachary Taylor during the recent war. Under its 
branches thousands of aliens took the oath of allegiance 
upon being mustered into the ranks of the United States 
Army. On a single day this tree witnessed the naturali¬ 
zation of 925 of these new Americans and saw their salute 
to the flag of their new citizenship. 
In the grounds of the White House, at Washington, 
stands a tree which links the past and present in an 
unusual manner. This tree is the outgrowth of an acorn 
brought from Russia, and because of this and its unique 
lineage it is known as the Russo-American Oak. The 
tree from which the acorn was obtained stands in Petro- 
grad. It grew from an acorn produced by a tree at the 
tomb of Washington, at Mt. Vernon. The Mt. Vernon 
acorn was sent to the Czar of Russia by Senator Charles 
Sumner, of Massachusetts, and planted in the grounds 
of the Imperial Palace by the Czar as a symbol of Russo- 
American friendship. In 1898, the tree which had grown 
from Senator Sumner’s acorn was located by Ethan 
Allen Hitchcock, then American Ambassador to St. 
Petersburg. Gathering and planting some of the acorns 
from this tree, the Ambassador sent a sapling of the new 
generation to President Roosevelt for planting in the 
White House grounds. The planting took place on April 
