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General Grant tree

  • General Grant is our National Christmas Tree and is a living monument
  • It is the third largest tree in the world
  • Congress made General Grant a National Shrine in 1956
  • Annual Christmas services held at the General Grant tree
  • The height is 267.4 feet high
  • The estimated age is 2,000 years old

Present size of Sequoia National Park

March 15, 2000, President Clinton proposed to enlarge Sequoia National Park see articles