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    The General Grant tree is the largest giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) in the General Grant Grove section of Kings Canyon National Park in California...
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    National Park, and the tree reverted to its previous name. In 1931, following comparisons with the nearby General Grant tree, General Sherman was identified...
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    attraction of General Grant Grove is the giant sequoia trees that populate the grove. General Grant Grove's best-known tree is called General Grant, which is...
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    amount of wood in the tree, the General Sherman tree is first, the President tree is second, and the General Grant tree is third. General Sherman has 2,000...
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  • National Park General Grant Grove, grove in Kings Canyon National Park and originally the entirety of General Grant National Park General Grant tree, the largest...
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    Sequoiadendron giganteum (category Trees of Northern America)
    Record trees have been measured at 94.8 m (311 ft) tall. The specimen known to have the greatest diameter at breast height is the General Grant tree at 8...
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    18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As commanding general, Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865 and...
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  • Dianne Simpson as Julia Grant Craig Jackson as General Henry Halleck Francis Chouler as John Rawlins Jason K. Ralph as General William Sherman Brian Heydenrych...
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    Twain Tree.: 44–47  During this time, Curtis photographed hundreds of people gathered around the General Grant Tree and other trees in the Grant Grove...
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    Cabin. Not to be confused with the General Grant Tree of Sequoia National Park. The Columbia tree: The tallest tree in the grove and in Yosemite National...
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    largest trees in the world. The Giant Forest is connected by the Generals Highway to Kings Canyon National Park's General Grant Grove, home of the General Grant...
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    park named after Grant's grandfather. Grant visited the General Grant Grove and the General Grant tree, a Giant Sequoia. By 1923, Grant went to Washington...
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  • volume of the General Grant Tree. The branch volume of the General Grant and General Sherman Trees have yet to be measured in this detail. Tree climbers can...
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    the General Grant tree in Kings Canyon National Park, CA, which is 885 cm dbh and 81.1 m tall Flint, Wendell (1987). To Find the Biggest Tree. Three...
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  • Ron Chernow. Grant, a Union general during the Civil War, served two terms as president, from 1869 to 1877. Chernow asserts that both Grant's command of...
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    The General Noble Tree was a monumental giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) situated in the Converse Basin Grove, within the boundaries of the Giant...
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    198. The Generals' Highway connects Giant Forest to Kings Canyon National Park and the General Grant Grove, home to the General Grant tree among other...
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    Grant's Tomb, officially the General Grant National Memorial, is the final resting place of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States,...
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    William C. (1990). "Expansion of Sequoia and Creation of General Grant". Challenge of the Big Trees. U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved July 13, 2018....
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    National Parks. The park consists of two main areas: General Grant Grove, home of the General Grant tree and Cedar Grove. The park's namesake, Kings Canyon...
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  • city of Chicago. Historically, the tree was located in Grant Park and Daley Plaza. Grove Christmas Tree, a 100-foot tree that is lit every year at The Grove...
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    Hannah Grant (née Simpson; November 23, 1798 – May 11, 1883) was the mother of Ulysses S. Grant, Commanding General of the Union Army during the American...
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  • is the national march."). 36 U.S.C. § 305 ("The tree genus Quercus, commonly known as the oak tree, is the national tree."). National Symbols and Icons...
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    botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be...
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    Tourist facilities are concentrated in two areas: Grant Grove, home to General Grant (the second largest tree in the world, measured by trunk volume) and Cedar...
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  • Jewels Equestrian statue of Ulysses S. Grant Bust of Ulysses S. Grant (San Francisco) Grant's Tomb General Grant (tree) Grantsburg, Wisconsin List of presidents...
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    characteristics such as pollen production, leaves, and root structure. Michael Grant named the tree "Pando" which is latin for "I spread" in an editorial which was later...
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    Jesse Root Grant  (January 23, 1794 – June 29, 1873) was an American farmer, tanner and successful leather merchant who owned tanneries and leather goods...
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    Ulysses S. Grant began his world tour in May 1877, only a couple of months after his second presidential term had ended. After serving as a general during...
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    Battle of Shiloh (category Battles commanded by Ulysses S. Grant)
    the Confederate Army of Mississippi. Major General Ulysses S. Grant was the Union commander, while General Albert Sidney Johnston was the Confederate...
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