Tag: Witness tree
Your Views: Conservation is an equity issue
To the editor:
As the president and CEO of America’s oldest forest conservation organization, I spend my days trying to help cities across America...
Our View: The 2021 local election is underway
There is no single starting date for Alexandria’s local election season, and by local election we mean the June 8 Democratic primary in this...
Your Views: Requiem for the Witness Tree
To the editor:
Above the Port City
in a rarefied air,
there stood a noble oak tree
at once luminous and fair.
For seven score and 10 years long,
the...
Your Views: The death of a tree
To the editor:
On Sept. 2, an “Eco City” that has been designated a “Tree City,” along with Alexandria City Public Schools, had a beautiful...
My View | Andrew Macdonald: Obituary for a pin oak (quercus...
I was the stately, towering pin oak that was cut down to make room for a concession stand for the new sports stadium at...
Your Views: Eulogy for the Witness Oak
To the editor:
Born possibly in 1870 from an acorn of uncertain origin, this tree began as a sapling on land belonging to Black families,...
ACPS cuts down 150-year-old “Witness Tree”
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
Alexandria City Public Schools cut down the 150-year-old oak tree, named the “Witness Tree” by activists, at T.C. Williams High...
Your Views: A real Eco City would save the Pin Oak
To the editor:
Below is a letter the Environmental Council of Alexandria sent to Mayor Justin Wilson, the Alexandria City Council, ACPS Superintendent Gregory Hutchings...
