tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post576723095925320078..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: “Washington Elm” Exhibit in CambridgeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-38284406143864551912014-11-12T00:38:31.376-05:002014-11-12T00:38:31.376-05:00Folks started creating souvenirs from the prunings...Folks started creating souvenirs from the prunings of the Washington Elm in the mid-1800s. The poet Henry W. Longfellow received some before he died, I know. Then the tree fell in the 1920s. A lot more mementos were made at that time, including gavels sent to every state house in the U.S. of A. <br /><br />It's conceivable that some of that timber remained when the Bicentennial came around. Or the Old Schwamb Mill might have repurposed wood that had been made into one souvenir to produce 75 more. How large might those spandrel frames have been? J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-34668743161927360292014-11-11T18:53:03.359-05:002014-11-11T18:53:03.359-05:00I find it interesting that in 1975, "The Old ...I find it interesting that in 1975, "The Old Schwamb Mill obtained the last remaining timbers from the "Washington Elm" (under which General George Washington assumed command of all colonial troops on 3 July 1775). The Mill manufactured for sale 75 spandrel frames using wood from the Washington Elm. Each frame contained a print showing Washington taking command of the Continental Army."<br />Source: http://www.oldschwambmill.org/research/new_timeline.htmlJeff Boudreauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12664481414678271009noreply@blogger.com