American Forests (www.americanforests.org), is the nation's oldest nonprofit conservation group. Our mission, to grow a healthier world with trees, is met through programs such as Famous & Historic Trees that help people understand how trees benefit us all-environmentally, socially, and economically. Our many efforts on behalf of trees include tree planting, urban forestry, environmental education, community-based forestry, and the Famous & Historic Trees program.
American Forests also maintains the official listing of the largest-known specimen of each of 822 tree species in the U.S.Our Famous & Historic Trees program brings history alive by propagating and selling the offspring of trees connected to famous people, events, and places. From George Washington to Johnny Appleseed, Walt Disney to Ray Charles, our trees witnessed the birth of our nation-and all aspects of its history thus far. Because the planting of a tree is an investment in the future, Famous & Historic Trees offer a unique way to connect both our past-and our future.
Disney Dreaming Tree Cottonwood
Raised on a farm in Marceline , Missouri , Walt Disney spent hours beneath an old cottonwood tree, studying the mice and bugs. He called it his "Dreaming Tree" and later said that his "belly botany" inspired Mickey Mouse and Jiminy Cricket characters. During a 43-year Hollywood career, which spanned the development of the motion picture, Walter Elias Disney firmly established himself as a legend: his name represents imagination, optimism and self-made success in the American tradition.
Survivor Tree
The Survivor Tree stands at the Oklahoma National Memorial & Museum in downtown Oklahoma City. The tree, an 80 year old American elm, stood silent witness and survived one of the worst terrorist attacks ever on American soil. The Survivor Tree at one time provided the only shade for cars parked in the nearby parking lot now stands a symbol of strength.
Charles Lindbergh Red Maple
Raised in Little Falls, Minnesota , Charles would later recall gazing at the sky through the trees at his boyhood home - maples, oaks and hickories. Charles Augustus Lindbergh, (1902-1974), an American aviator, made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean on May 20-21, 1927. Other pilots had crossed the Atlantic before him, but Lindbergh was the first person to do it alone nonstop. Lindbergh's feat gained him immediate, international fame. The press named him "Lucky Lindy" and the "Lone Eagle." Americans and Europeans idolized the shy, slim young man and showered him with honors.
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