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From Virginia to Valley Forge: A piece of George Washington’s beloved tulip poplar tree finds a new home

The three-year-old sapling now resides at Washington Memorial Chapel Cemetery's Defenders' Gate.

Dean Norton, the director of horticulture for Mount Vernon, arrives at Washington Memorial Chapel in Valley Forge National Historical Park on Sunday with a tulip poplar sapling, a direct descendant of one of George Washington's favorite trees at Mount Vernon.
Dean Norton, the director of horticulture for Mount Vernon, arrives at Washington Memorial Chapel in Valley Forge National Historical Park on Sunday with a tulip poplar sapling, a direct descendant of one of George Washington's favorite trees at Mount Vernon.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
    by Michelle Myers
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