The 1000 year old Olive Tree
We have a 1000 year old Olive Tree in our Town Square, Just think what has occurred in the world in the time the tree has been alive and producing olives:-1066—Norman Conquest of Britain
1206—Genghis Khan begins creation of largest land empire in history
1271—Marco Polo begins travels to Asia
1347—Bubonic plague (Black Death) spreads in Europe
1492—Columbus reaches the New World
1509—Michelangelo begins painting Sistine Chapel
1522—Magellan's expedition circumnavigates the globe
1760—Industrial Revolution begins in England
1776—U.S. Declaration of Independence
1880s—Europe colonized The African continent
1937- The Shopping Cart invented.
1914-1918 & 1939 to 1945 the World Wars
1969—Armstrong and Aldrin walk on the Moon
1980—Smallpox eradicated
These are just a few points in history that the tree has lived through, just to make us think...
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