THE WASHINTON ELM
at
Cambridge, Massachusetts

234 years ago, in June 1775, under an elm tree at Cambridge, Massachusetts, General George Washington assumed command of the American army.

Circa 1891, photographer John L. Stoddard photographed this historic elm tree site.

To travel half-way back through time, to 1891, to see the still standing elm tree where Washingtom took command of the American army, click below.