Where was the witness tree that fell in Gettysburg last week?

Question

I was on vacation in Gettysburg last week and left on Friday. When I got home, I heard that one of the trees fell. While driving through town on Thursday a section of Baltimore St. was closed off for several blocks.

Was it the Lincoln Tree across from the Farnsworth House?

Answer 1

GETTYSBURG, Pennsylvania (AP) -- Standing just 150 feet from the platform on which President Lincoln delivered his most famous speech, one of the few remaining "witness trees" to the Battle of Gettysburg has been severely damaged by a storm, National Park Service officials said.

The huge honey locust tree on Cemetery Hill fell Thursday evening.

"The top of it is totally broken off, and [the storm] severely damaged 70 to 80 percent of the tree," Gettysburg National Military Park spokeswoman Jo Sanders said. "That means there's not a whole lot left of it. But it didn't kill the tree."

The tree, which stood on the right side of the Union lines, "was there as a silent witness -- to the battle, to the aftermath, to the burials, to the dedication of the cemetery," park historian John Heiser said.

Answer 2

Here's a photo and article about it, the tree you mentioned fell in front of 241 Baltimore St.