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Dedication Unveiled for One of Fort Lee's Oldest Trees
The Historic and Environmental Committees encourage nominations of century-old trees for future Arbor Day dedications.
The Fort Lee Historic and Environmental Committees last week unveiled an Arbor Day dedication to "one of the oldest trees in the borough of Fort Lee," preserving the 150-year-old Anderson Avenue Oak for a long life into the 21st century.
The hope of the committees is to dedicate a new tree each year, as a means of protecting the environment as well as Fort Lee's history. This year's dedication took place outside the Anderson Avenue office of Fred and Mark Sokolich.
A plaque placed beneath the tree read: "This 150-year-old shaggy bark white oak tree (white oak quercus alba) is a witness to Fort Lee history from the Civil War period, through the life of Palisades Amusement Park, the birth of the American film industry, the construction of the George Washington Bridge, and its life continues into 21st century.
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"This tree, saved by the Sokolich family, is a living part of Fort Lee history and is dedicated as a local historic site by the Fort Lee Historic Committee and the Fort Lee Environmental Committee."
Residents are encouraged to nominate trees over a hundred years old, whether on public or private property, for dedication in 2014. Nominations can be made by contacting the Fort Lee Historic Committee at 201-693-2773.
