The Lincoln Oak #48
This bowl was made from the historic Lincoln Oak tree, planted on the New Haven Green in 1909 to commemorate the centennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. It stood on the grounds where the Connecticut State House stood from 1829 to 1889. When Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, public prayers were offered on the steps of the State House.
The tree fell 105 years later, on October 30, 2013, during Hurricane Sandy, revealing several human skeletons in its root ball serving as a reminder that the New Haven Green was originally a cemetery and the resting place of many of Connecticut’s first citizens. A new Lincoln Oak was planted in 2014 near the location of its predecessor.
This bowl is 10” in diameter and 4” inches high. This is bowl #48 of the bowls to be crafted from this tree. This is likely one of the last bowls to be crafted from this tree.
• Also includes a card describing the history of the tree’s location on campus.
For more information about the tree reference this article: https://yalealumnimagazine.org/articles/3642-the-lincoln-tree-and-the-bones
This bowl was made from the historic Lincoln Oak tree, planted on the New Haven Green in 1909 to commemorate the centennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. It stood on the grounds where the Connecticut State House stood from 1829 to 1889. When Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, public prayers were offered on the steps of the State House.
The tree fell 105 years later, on October 30, 2013, during Hurricane Sandy, revealing several human skeletons in its root ball serving as a reminder that the New Haven Green was originally a cemetery and the resting place of many of Connecticut’s first citizens. A new Lincoln Oak was planted in 2014 near the location of its predecessor.
This bowl is 10” in diameter and 4” inches high. This is bowl #48 of the bowls to be crafted from this tree. This is likely one of the last bowls to be crafted from this tree.
• Also includes a card describing the history of the tree’s location on campus.
For more information about the tree reference this article: https://yalealumnimagazine.org/articles/3642-the-lincoln-tree-and-the-bones
This bowl was made from the historic Lincoln Oak tree, planted on the New Haven Green in 1909 to commemorate the centennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. It stood on the grounds where the Connecticut State House stood from 1829 to 1889. When Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, public prayers were offered on the steps of the State House.
The tree fell 105 years later, on October 30, 2013, during Hurricane Sandy, revealing several human skeletons in its root ball serving as a reminder that the New Haven Green was originally a cemetery and the resting place of many of Connecticut’s first citizens. A new Lincoln Oak was planted in 2014 near the location of its predecessor.
This bowl is 10” in diameter and 4” inches high. This is bowl #48 of the bowls to be crafted from this tree. This is likely one of the last bowls to be crafted from this tree.
• Also includes a card describing the history of the tree’s location on campus.
For more information about the tree reference this article: https://yalealumnimagazine.org/articles/3642-the-lincoln-tree-and-the-bones
