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NAU’s George Washington connection

Susan Olberding//December 22, 2009//[read_meter]

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NAU’s George Washington connection

NAU’s George Washington connection

Susan Olberding//December 22, 2009//[read_meter]

George Washington assumed command of the Continental Army under an Ulmus Americana Elm tree in Cambridge, Mass., on July 3, 1775. The tree died in October 1923, but foresighted botanists...

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