WILKESBORO TORY OAK REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL TREE
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Listing Details
Location: WILKES HERITAG MUSEUM-100 E. MAIN STREET
City: WILKESBORO
State: North Carolina
Zip Code: 28697
Type of Memorial: War Memorial Trees
Year Dedicated: 1914 RE-DEDICATED 1997
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Photograph By: RUSTY LONG
Submitted By: DOCSOUTH.UNC.EDU/COMMLAND/
THIS TREE IS A SYMBOL OF THE REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE THAT LED TO THE FOUNDING OF OUR COUNTRY. IT BECAME FAMOUS BECAUSE SEVERAL ENEMIES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION CALLED TORIES, WERE HANGED FROM ITS LIMBS. THE ORIGINAL TREE DIED IN 1997 AND WAS REPLACED BY THIS BLACK OAK. IT CONTINUES TO REMIND US OF THE DETERMINED PATRIOTS WHOSE COURAGE AND SACRIFICE WON THE FREEDOM THAT LETS US LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY
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