Word: tree
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tree survived the attacks, though. Vellucci says that the tree's ability to pull through the perpetual trauma reinforced its patriotic image in the minds of Cambridge residents...
This fall, the Freedom Tree was removed after vandals attacked it with an ax. And city officials planning to plant a replacement tree one week from today received a rude surprise this week when they realized that the soil on the site intended for Freedom Tree II had been poisoned with calcium chloride...
...felling of the tree marks the latest incident stemming from a feud which dates back to the 1960s. Much suspicion falls on the Lampoon, a semi-secret organization known to occasionally publish what some hesitantly call a humor magazine. Lampoon members were unavailable for comment yesterday...
...Lampoon allegedly harbors bad feelings towards former Cambridge mayor and Freedom tree-planter Alfred E. Vellucci. And while many suspect that the butchering and poisoning may have been the Lampoon's revenge against the maverick former mayor, nothing has been proven...
Vellucci says that the Lampoon protested the planting of the tree in front of their building in 1963, saying that it obstructed the view of their fabulously anachronistic castle. The protests continued through the years, as the tree was mysteriously hit three times by vandals...