A handful of people gathered in Bethesda to say goodbye to the largest white oak in Montgomery County. The tree was estimated to be more than 300 years old.
At around 9 a.m. Tuesday, a chain saw buzzed as the blade bit into one of the Linden Oak’s limbs. Workers dressed in yellow vests and hard hats on a sunny, humid day used a crane to lower the branches of the tree before wrapping them in chains to secure them and saw them off.
“When you’ve had something that’s been living here for over 300 years, providing shelter and an environment for nature, and then it goes away, it’s just sad,” said Lueders, wearing a tan sun hat. “I thought someone should be here, like going to an old friend’s funeral.”Helen McCown, 47, a Northern Virginia resident, brought her daughter Sydney McCown, 11, to mourn the Linden Oak.
But this time, Sydney was able to see the historic Linden Oak for herself. She took pictures with the tree, her arms raised to the sky, smiling ear to ear.Advertisement “I’ve lived here since 1975. I’ve loved that tree,” Nemcosky said. “It lost a big branch awhile back and I knew it was doomed. I saw the article in the The Post, and I looked to see when it was being removed. I said I have to be there to say goodbye to that tree.”Local chain-saw carver Colin Vale will sculpt the tree into a bench for Montgomery County parks, work that will be done by the end of August. He said the bench will pay homage to the tree’s legacy.
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