In 1860, the people of Providence decided to create a suitable memorial to the founder of Rhode Island. Community leaders went in search of Williams's remains. When they dug up the spot where they believed the remains to be, they found only nails, teeth and bone fragments. They also found an apple tree root.
The tree root looked as if it had taken on the form of Roger Williams. It had traveled the length of Williams's body, splitting at the hips, bending at the knees and turning up at the feet. Since 1860 the Rhode Island Historical Society has cared for this special tree root as representative of Rhode Island's founder, and has had it on display in the John Brown House since 2007.
The tree root looked as if it had taken on the form of Roger Williams. It had traveled the length of Williams's body, splitting at the hips, bending at the knees and turning up at the feet. Since 1860 the Rhode Island Historical Society has cared for this special tree root as representative of Rhode Island's founder, and has had it on display in the John Brown House since 2007.
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9 comments:
That's cool.
Mr. Macabre
wOw! That root snatched his body for it's own!!!<3
That's Beautiful, Spooky, sorta Supernatural & Romantic even.
Fact is always crazier than Fiction!
Makes you wonder how many folks unknowingly consumed Roger Williams infused apples while remarking upon their peculiar tartness.
Or, how many drank an unusually refreshing cider as they wondered aloud to their friends about the tang that they couldn't quite place...
I Love how they will serve hot cider too.
interesting. Revenant, that puts a new spin on everything LOL
This is the book I originally heard about this story.
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Great Book! Grab a copy if you can.
Funny while informative.
I can only hope that I will add a little potash to someone's pumpkin patch. What a wonderfully earthy legacy!
haha Yup. I have no problem with the roots of any tree desecrating my resting place.
Now that's a creepy tale!!
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