AMERICAN HERITAGE HISTORICAL TREES

American Heritage Trees combines our nation’s historic heritage with conservation. Each tree we sell offers a special significance in American history and tells an interesting story about U.S.Presidents, explorers, writers, and other key figures in our Nation’s history. Our work is undertaken in partnership with the parent tree owners. As a nonprofit, we hope to serve as a catalyst to educate Americans about their rich national heritage and provide an opportunity to own a piece of American history.

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Southern Magnolia

William Faulkner - Rowan Oak

Rowan Oak was William Faulkner’s home and private world, in reality and imagination. Faulkner’s years spent at Rowan Oak were productive, ultimately winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949 and the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award in 1954.

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Sycamore Moon Tree

Mississippi State University

Moon Trees came about through the work of Astronaut Stuart Roosa who was allowed to carry tree seeds with him into space. Mississippi State University proudly displays its Sycamore Moon Tree on campus near the Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field, the home playing venue for the Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

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Birch

Robert Frost - The Frost Place

Robert Frost is one of the most popular and critically respected American poets of the twentieth century. “Birches” is one of Frost’s many famous poems, included in his third collection of poetry Mountain Interval that was published in 1916, only one year after he moved to Franconia, NH. “Birches” describes the surroundings of rural landscape and wildlife found in Franconia.

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Bur Oak

Mark Twain Cave Complex

As a boy, Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was in Hannibal from 1839 to 1853 and often played in the nearby caves, which influenced his stories. The Mark Twain Cave Bur Oak, known as the Liberty Tree Bur Oak, still grows just outside the Mark Twain Cave. This special heritage tree was a seedling in 1721.

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Southern Magnolia

Helen Keller Birthplace Foundation

The Helen Keller Southern Magnolia grows at her home, Ivy Green in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Helen Keller grew up to become one of history's remarkable women. She dedicated her life to improving the conditions of blind and the deaf-blind around the world, lecturing in more than 25 countries.

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Sycamore

George Washington - Mount Vernon

The George Washington Sycamore grows at Mount Vernon, an American landmark and an enduring tribute to the Father of Our Country. These trees grew from a seed taken from a selected Sycamore, collected by the Director of Horticulture at Mount Vernon in 2014.

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Sugar Maple

Amelia Earhart Birth Place Museum

Amelia Mary Earhart was an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She received the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross for this record. This maple tree grows at her birthplace in Atchison, Kansas.

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Dogwood

Alvin C. York State Historic Park

Alvin Cullum York, known also by his rank, Sergeant York, is one of the most celebrated soldiers in American history. York received the Medal of Honor for leading an attack on a German machine gun nest during WWII, taking 32 machine guns, killing 20 German soldiers, and capturing 132 German soldiers.

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