[Age of Reason]

How many more living things must die on that field to serve man's vanity?

[Old Phone Man]

http://www.yourimg.com/?page=05/79/07/Formerwoodlot.jpg Former heavily wooded area. This picture was taken from the intersection of Wheatfield Rd and Sedgwick Ave, looking southwest. The wheatfield is in the left corner. For someone who studies the battlefield as I do, it seems ridiculous to cut all those trees down just for a vista from 1863. All you have to do is stand in the same spot with the trees and you get the picture. Training aids -- such as maps -- are easy to get online from the Library of Congress. There was no need to rape this land.

[Old Phone Man]

http://www.yourimg.com/?page=05/79/07/TreecutdownatSedgwickAveWheatfieldRD.jpg


Notice my shoes in the photo to get the scale of this tree. The tree was so large I could not get the entire stump in the picture frame.

Of course, I'm not an "expert" like those who decided to cut the trees down, but I did count the rings on this baby, and when I reached 120 I stopped because there was a lot more than 143. This proves to me -- a novice, of course -- that this was a Witness Tree that should never have been cut down.