Traveling tree.A silver maple dubbed dub 1 tr.v. dubbed, dub·bing, dubs 1. To tap lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood. 2. To honor with a new title or description. 3. "America's first national tree" is spending the winter in the Veterans' Park of Honor in Berlin, New Hampshire Berlin is a city located on the Androscoggin River in north-eastern Coos County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 10,331 at the 2000 census. It includes the village of Cascade. , a rest from its journey to visit the 56 places that supplied soil in which its seed sprouted sprout v. sprout·ed, sprout·ing, sprouts v.intr. 1. To begin to grow; give off shoots or buds. 2. To emerge and develop rapidly. v.tr. . Soil had been supplied by the governor of each U.S. state A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States, although four states use the official title "commonwealth". The separate state governments and the federal government share sovereignty, in that an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and , territory, and commonwealth, as well as by the mayor of Washington, DC. The silver maple--given the name Wa-Tho-Huk (Bright Path), the Native American name of Olympian and world-class athlete Jim Thorpe--was grown from seed "obtained from the backyard of an honored veteran responsible for gathering the soils," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Veterans' Park's website. By next spring the tree is expected to have visited each place that donated soil; as of November 17, the now 6-foot tree had traveled some 138,705 miles. According to the park's website (www.vetspark.org), the silver maple will continue traveling to U.S. capitols before being planted at the official opening of the Veterans' Park of Honor May 29. |
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