Historic tree to grow in Hancock

by Geoff Fox

A the descendent of a tree that saw the seeds of the American Revolution planted was itself planted in Widmeyer Park last Thursday, September 27, by the Hancock Lioness Lions Club.

The tree is a tulip poplar and a descendent of a tree that stood in Annapolis for close to 400 years before it died in 1999 from damage caused by Hurricane Floyd. This tree, called a Liberty Tree, was the last…