Ronald Kessler

The colonists' first protest against the British unfolded on Aug. 14, 1765 at the Liberty Tree. A magnificent elm towering over the other trees nearby, the Liberty Tree stood at the corner of what is now Washington and Essex Streets in downtown Boston.

American Journalist

Archibald MacLeish

Spring has many American faces. There are cities where it will come and go in a day and counties where it hangs around and never quite gets there. Summer is drawn blinds in Louisiana, long winds in Wyoming, shade of elms and maples in New England.

American Poet

George Monbiot

As Dutch elm disease spread across Britain in the 1970s, the country fell into mourning. When the sentinel trees that framed our horizons were felled, their loss was a constant topic of sad and angry conversation.

British Writer

Elm is a specific species of tree, not a general term for any tree.

Tree Species

Elms are often associated with Dutch elm disease, a type of tree illness.

Disease Association

In literature and culture, the elm can symbolize dignity and strength.

Cultural Symbolism

 pieces of beech, cherry, elm, fir, larch, lime, mahogany, oak and walnut. The gondola makers began with a wooden template that may have been hammered into the workshop floor generations earlier.