Common Name: live oak
Scientific Name: Quercus virginiana
Category: Old tree
Comments: By estimates, the Algernourne Oak is 471 years old. This tree has been passed by Edgar Allen Poe, who served as a soldier at Fort Monroe, Chief Black Hawk and his warriors, who were "detained" there, President Lincoln, who attended a peace conference there; Robert E Lee who served there prior to the Civil War, and Jefferson Davis, who was held prisoner there. The tree grows comfortably along the well-manicured parade ground at Fort Monroe and as we lived there my two sons played soccer on the parade field beside The Algernourne Oak.
Dendrology Notes: See also: 1261 and 2289 and 2290 and 2292
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Nominator: Shirley Boyd
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County/City: Hampton