Sycamore Tree Clone Planting & Celebration
Venue: Henderson Lawn, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Monday, April 22, 2013
Time: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Event Types: Miscellaneous, Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free
Description:
On Monday, April 22, at 11:30 a.m., Virginia Tech President Charles W. Steger will preside over a town-gown tree planting celebration with Blacksburg Mayor Ron Rordam on Henderson Lawn near where the original sycamore once stood.

The celebration, in honor of Earth Day on April 22 and Arbor Day on April 26, is open to the campus, the citizens of Blacksburg, and the public at large, and will go on rain or shine near the corner of Blacksburg’s College Avenue and North Main Street, across from the Lyric Theater.

The 10-foot tree to be planted was rooted from a cutting taken shortly before the dying historic tree was removed for safety reasons in the summer of 2010.

The old sycamore, which dated to around 1870, not only tied the town of Blacksburg and Virginia Tech together but was a source of personal connection for many. It served as a site to meet, to sit and relax, and, on a number of occasions, even to propose marriage. Generations of alumni and townspeople have countless memories of the legacy tree that stood so prominently for well over a hundred years.

For more information, visit: http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2013/04/041713-cnre-sycamorecloneplanting.html

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