This 1/3 mile, paved loop trail takes you by the General Grant Tree and a picturesque grove of sequoias.
The General Grant tree is a spectacular 267′ tall: the third tallest tree on earth. Here’s the Wikipedia entry on the General Grant tree:
The tree was named in 1867 after Ulysses S Grant, Union Army general and the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877). President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed it the “Nation’s Christmas Tree” on April 28, 1926. Due in large part to its huge base, the General Grant tree was thought to be the largest tree in the world prior to 1931, when the first precise measurements indicated that the General Sherman was slightly larger. On March 29, 1956, President Dwight D Eisenhower declared the tree a “National Shrine”, a memorial to those who died in war. It is the only living object to be so declared.
In 2005 the General Grant moved up one place in the giant sequoia size rankings, when the Washington tree lost the hollow upper half of its trunk after a fire. Once thought to be well over 2,000 years old, recent estimates suggest the General Grant tree is closer to 1,650 years old. In 2012, it was determined that the General Grant was the third largest tree in the world, behind the General Sherman and President.
The main trail is an easy loop … very stroller friendly.
The Lincoln tree.
When this tree was cut down & a slab sent to the Philadelphia centennial, easterners did not believe it was real.
Sequoias are amazing.
This is the burn scar on the uphill side of the General Grant tree. Most burn scars are on the uphill side … because that’s where most deadfall rolls into place.
The General Grant tree was designated the nation’s Christmas tree in 1926 by President Coolidge.
General Grant tree, through a gap in the surrounding trees.
The sequoia grove known as the family. Sequoias grow close to each other to entertwine their roots … so that none will fall over.
A wild Scarlet Columbine!
Caught this bird in mid-song.
Sequoia needles.
A composite image of the General Grant tree. 267′ tall.
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“To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.”
and
“A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.”
– Theodore Roosevelt
“Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation.”
and
“Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.”
– John F Kennedy
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”
– Calvin Coolidge
“Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.”
– Franklin Roosevelt, photo by Elias Goldensky, 1933.
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Mixing Morals with Education?
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Calvin Coolidge (John Calvin Coolidge, Jr, 1872 – 1933)
The 30th President of the United States, 1923 – 1929
AKA: Cautious Cal, Cool Cal, Silent Cal
From: Vermont, Massachusetts
College: Amherst College
Married to: Grace Anna Goodhue
Children: John and Calvin, Jr
Party: Republican
Previous Jobs: Lawyer, city councilman, city solicitor, clerk of courts, state representative, mayor, state senator, lieutenant governor, governor, vice president
In His Words: “There is no right to strike against the public safety by anyone, anywhere, any time.”
“There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.”
“The chief business of the American people is business.”
“What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.”
“I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.”
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”
“If you don’t say anything, you won’t be called on to repeat it.”
Not true: “Silent Cal” gave 529 press conferences, more than any other President before or since. (from Greenberg, David (2006). Calvin Coolidge. The American Presidents Series.)
True: Coolidge’s first Presidential speech to congress, on December 6, 1923, was the first speech by a President broadcast on the radio. He was the first President to appear in a motion picture with sound, in 1924.
After completing Harding’s term, and then running successfully for re-election, he declined to run again in 1930, saying that 10 years in Washington is more than anyone should be President.
The Official Portrait:
Charles Hopkinson painted the official White House portrait of Calvin Coolidge in 1932. Many of his paintings were commissioned by U. S. East Coast institutions, especially Harvard University, where he acted as house portraitist. Among his sitters were Oliver Wendell Holmes and E. E. Cummings.
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