South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-26
HONOR BATTLE OAK
OF COLONIAL TIME
Foresters Place Tree in Hall
of Fame as Landmark of
Yankee History.

WASt1lNGIONs MarCn Zb.-DO
you know that the first battle OF the
Revolutionary war and also the
battle that won that war were both
fought in North Carolina? Today is
the anniversary of the Battle OF
GuifOrd court house. y. c The
battle was fought al years ago
15S1). and today the American
Forestry association announces the
battle-ground Oak" is given a place
in the Hall OF Fame for trees with
a history. 1t is in the same grounds
marking this battle that stands a
shaft calling attention to another.
the FIRST battle OF the Revolution"
in Orange county. y. c.. May 16,
17T1.
The association received nOmina-
tions Of the battle-ground Oak" for
the Hall of Fame from Mrs. Dorian
II. Blair Of the Daughters OF the
American Revolution of Greensboro,
y. G., by Prof. Mark e. Minis of
Guilford college. and by Paul c.
Lindley Of Pomona. y. e. The oak.
also called the Liberty Tree" is
the one TO which Gen. Greene tied
his horse. The oak, a beautiful
specimen, has a spread of more than
100 feet and is p feet in circum-
ference at the base and Is feet at
the smallest part.
Shades Cannon Grave.
The coming retirement Of Uncle
Joe" Cannon from congress makes
another Hall of Fame award today
of particular interest This is the
New Garden oak in the cemetery
near Guilford, beneath which the
grandfather of Uncle Joe" is
buried. Congressman Cannon was
born in Guuford May Z. 1886. Il
was after this battle the Quakers
cared for the dead and wounded on
both sides at the meeting house near
the New Garden oak" about four
miles from the battlefield. Prof.
Mills made this nomination.
At the Battle of Guilford court
house CORVALLIS had three horses
shot from under him. Gen Nathan
lei Greene, for whom Greensboro is
named. was in command Of the
American forces, which consisted Of
Huger's Brigade Of Virginia Will
uam's Maryland and Delaware Bri-
gade, Continental Regulars, North
Carolina Militia, Virginia Militia,
Light Horse" Harry Lees Legion,
Col William Washington's Dra-
gOonS Lees Dragons and Cavalry.
All North Carolina can show this
was the battle that decided the war.
s.,r,
at first Fox, speaking Of the battle
in the British parliament. said. An
other such victory would mean the
destruction of the British forces in
America" Cornwallis retreated into
Virginia and surrendered at York
town the following october. The
Lafayette Elm, planted in front of
the Yorktown headquarters by La
fayette when he visited this COun-
try in 1924. is also in the Hall of
Fame.
The Guuford Battlefield Is now
owned by the nation, after an asso
citation, headed by Judge David
Schenck, IN 1887, started plans for
preserving the site. One shaft re-
minds of the first battle Of the
Revolution" in Orange county. n.
c.. May Is. 1771.
The Kentucky Coffee Tree, IN
front Of the Yer Planck mansion, al
Fishkiu-on-Hud nominated by
Cora June Sheppard, of Shiloh, n.
j. is today given place in the Hall
of Fame The tree was planted in
1905 on property acquired by the
Yer Planck family during the reign
Of James II, King Of England, in
1859. The property has remained
with the family ever since. Baron
Steuben occupied the mansion dur
ing the Revolution, and under this
tree the first meeting of the Society
of the Cincinnati was held. The
tree is q magnificent specimen. with
two trunks 10 feet high.
Adopted" by the Boy Scouts. at
ElizabethtOwn, Pa, a prone juniper
is also given a place in the Hall OF
Fame. The tree IS so years old
and AS feet in diameter. The limbs
lie on the ground and do not take
root. The nomination was made By
Hon. George B. Orlady, presiding
1udge Of the superior court of Penn
sylvania. The tree IS at the Ma
sonic home and the Boy Scouts have
built a fence around this remarkable
specimen TO protect It