BASKING RIDGE, NJ – After being supported for decades by cables and crutches, a 600-year-old white oak tree, considered the oldest of its kind in the world, has died. The tree, located on the property of a local Presbyterian church, and described as a symbol of the house by localRead More →
Story Highlights Summer heat kills a white oak tree that has shaped a community’s image Its wood will be saved and used in a still undecided way Basking Ridge, New Jersey CNN — Revolutionary War soldiers are buried in its shadow. The tree was standing when settlers purchased the landRead More →
BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Locals say George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette — the Frenchman who funded American patriots with cold, hard money — picnicked in the shade he provided. Rank and file soldiers are said to have rested below, gathering strength before defeating the Redcoats. It is aRead More →