The American Oak Research Paper

I stand and gaze at the magnificent American Oak towering tall and proud over me. It's hard to imagine that only two-hundred years ago, it was just a seed planted in the minds of men living in thirteen colonies. This seed was planted by men like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. When this small American Oak seed finally broke through the surface it was stained crimson with the blood of thousands who sacrificed their lives for the tiny seed. It was not hard for those men who died, and those who fought in other ways, to see a beautiful future for their precious American Oak. With the roots of the American Oak still stained red, with a civil war that split the tree and left a scar down the center, with wars that removed branches, and with the charred bark left from the lightning strike on September 11, 2001, the tree still stands tall and proud and its future is just as great now as it was when it was a small seed.
As I stand here and gaze upwards, my vision for this grand American Oak swims in my mind. The American Oak's future is a future that mirrors its past in some ways but will be completely different in others. The American Oak will continue to grow and become …show more content…
These gardeners protect, nurture, and care deeply about their tree. They protect their tree by the bravest men and women alike bearing arms against the men who seek to cut down their American Oak. The gardeners nurture their tree by providing for one another so each individual can do their very best to be a good, productive, and successful piece of the American Oak. The gardeners care deeply for their tree because it offered them a place of refuge and safety, a place where they need not worry about their families, and a place where their families and themselves can be whomever they desire to