Carol Blake, AMH2010, Monday-Friday, 10:30 am
Back in the 1600s, the British government was taking the charters of the colonies in order to control them. Leaders in Connecticut refused to give theirs up. They cleverly hid it in a huge oak tree. This magnificent tree was then called the Charter Oak and stood for the "strong colonial spirit and love for freedom." A bad storm took it down in 1856. A memorial is placed where the tree once stood. The charter is kept in a frame made from its wood.
2 comments:
Evan Squires, AMH2010, Monday-Friday, 10:30 am
I think it is hilarious that the tree blew down. How delightfully ironic. Imagine trying to hide a charter in an oak tree nowadays. The people of Connecticut are lucky the internet didn't exist!
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