• The General Grant Tree is the largest giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) in the General Grant Grove section of Kings Canyon National Park in California...
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    National Park, and the tree reverted to its previous name. In 1931, following comparisons with the nearby General Grant Tree, General Sherman was identified...
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    attraction of General Grant Grove is the giant sequoia trees that populate the grove. General Grant Grove's best-known tree is called General Grant, which is...
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    amount of wood in the tree, the General Sherman tree is first, The President tree is second, and the General Grant tree is third. General Sherman has 2,000...
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  • National Park General Grant Grove, grove in Kings Canyon National Park and originally the entirety of General Grant National Park General Grant Tree, the largest...
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    century, these trees helped inspire the creation of the national park system. The General Grant Tree was named the nations' christmas tree by Calvin Coolidge...
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    1869 to 1877. In 1865, as commanding general, Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War. Grant was born in Ohio and graduated from...
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    the General Grant tree in Kings Canyon National Park, CA, which is 885 cm dbh and 81.1 m tall Flint, Wendell (1987). To Find the Biggest Tree. Three...
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    Sequoiadendron giganteum (category Trees of Northern America)
    Record trees have been measured at 94.8 m (311 ft) tall. The specimen known to have the greatest diameter at breast height is the General Grant tree at 8...
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  • the General Grant Tree. The branch volume of the General Grant and General Sherman Trees have yet to be measured in this detail.[citation needed] Tree climbers...
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    Tourist facilities are concentrated in two areas: Grant Grove, home to General Grant (the second largest tree in the world, measured by trunk volume) and Cedar...
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    largest trees in the world. The Giant Forest is connected by the Generals Highway to Kings Canyon National Park's General Grant Grove, home of the General Grant...
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    The General Noble Tree was a monumental giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) situated in the Converse Basin Grove, within the boundaries of the Giant...
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    park named after Grant's grandfather. Grant visited the General Grant Grove and the General Grant tree, a Giant Sequoia. By 1923, Grant went to Washington...
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  • Ron Chernow. Grant, a Union general during the Civil War, served two terms as president, from 1869 to 1877. Chernow asserts that both Grant's command of...
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    198. The Generals' Highway connects Giant Forest to Kings Canyon National Park and the General Grant Grove, home to the General Grant tree among other...
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    Grant's Tomb, officially the General Grant National Memorial, is the final resting place of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States,...
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  • Dianne Simpson as Julia Grant Craig Jackson as General Henry Halleck Francis Chouler as John Rawlins Jason K. Ralph as General William Sherman Brian Heydenrych...
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    that opened to the public in 1931. Positioned near the General Grant and General Sheridan trees, the cabin was constructed to replace an earlier structure...
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    William C. (1990). "Expansion of Sequoia and Creation of General Grant". Challenge of the Big Trees. U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved July 13, 2018....
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  • city of Chicago. Historically, the tree was located in Grant Park and Daley Plaza. Grove Christmas Tree, a 100-foot tree that is lit every year at The Grove...
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    National Parks. The park consists of two main areas: General Grant Grove, home of the General Grant tree and Cedar Grove. The park's namesake, Kings Canyon...
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    Jesse Root Grant  (January 23, 1794 – June 29, 1873) was an American farmer, tanner and successful leather merchant who owned tanneries and leather goods...
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  • national floral emblem."). 36 U.S.C. § 305 ("The tree genus Quercus, commonly known as the oak tree, is the national tree."). National Symbols and Icons...
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    characteristics such as pollen production, leaves, and root structure. Michael Grant named the tree "Pando" which is Latin for "I spread" in an editorial which was later...
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  • Jewels Equestrian statue of Ulysses S. Grant Bust of Ulysses S. Grant (San Francisco) Grant's Tomb General Grant Tree Grantsburg, Wisconsin List of presidents...
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    clusters as well. The General Grant Tree (Sequoiadendron giganteum) in Kings Canyon National Park in California is clearly a single trunk tree. It was measured...
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    botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be...
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    to cut the tree apart after removing lights and giant ornaments, which were still on the tree as it was being removed. General Grant Tree National Christmas...
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    Hannah Grant (née Simpson; November 23, 1798 – May 11, 1883) was the mother of Ulysses S. Grant, Commanding General of the Union Army during the American...
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