GREAT REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA RELIC-PIECE OF THE WASHINGTON SENTRY CHESTNUT TREE

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GREAT REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA RELIC-PIECE OF THE WASHINGTON SENTRY CHESTNUT TREE:
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GREAT REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA RELIC-PIECE OF THE WASHINGTON SENTRY CHESTNUT TREE-MEASURES 1 3/8\" LONG- WITH WIRE LOOP- GREAT CONDITION-HISTORIC SOUVENIR SECTION OF CHESTNUT TREE BY GENERAL WASHINGTON\'S HEADQUARTERS IN STRAFFORD PA- AFTER THE DEFEAT AT THE BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE- WASHINGTON RETREATED TOWARD PHILADELPHIA -CROSSED THE SCHUYLKILLRIVER AND CAMPED AT STRAFFORD WITH A SENTRY PLATFORM BUILT IN THIS HUGE CHESTNUT TREE TO OBVERSE ENEMY MOVEMENT- ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS THE SURPRISE BRITISH NIGHT ATTACK ON GENERAL WAYNE FORCE OF 1200 AT PAOLI PA ON THE BRITISH SIDE ON THE RIVER- THE PAOLI MASSACRE(AMERICANS SAID NO QUARTER WAS GIVEN TO PRISONERS)- THE TRUCK SECTION OF THE HUGE SENTINEL TREE WAS SAVED FROM DESTRUCTION IN THE 1930S AND MOVED TO THE VALLEY FORGE BARR MUSEUM- SOME PIECES WERE MADE INTO THESE SECTIONS AND SENT TO THE PENN STATE MUSEUM AND OTHERS -COPY OF ORIGINAL PICTURE OF TRUCK AND BRIEF HISTORY ABOUT TREE-INCLUDED- GREAT AND HISTORIC REVOLUTIONARY RELIC- GREAT COLLECTIBLE