Flagstaff, Arizona: Bicentennial Moon Tree
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- Address:
- 755 N. Bonito St., Flagstaff, AZ
- Directions:
- North side of the city. From US Hwy 180/N. Fort Valley Rd turn west at the Shell station onto W. Navajo Rd. Drive one block. At the stop sign turn left onto Hopi Drive/ N. Bonito St., then immediately turn right onto N. Thorpe Rd, then immediately turn left into the parking lot. Park as close to the big building as you can. The tree is along the back side of the big building (right side when viewed from the parking lot), between the building and a pond. It's a stunted evergreen; the wooden Moon Tree sign is next to it, mounted on a short pole.
- Admission:
- Free
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Hundreds of Moon Trees, sprouted from seeds carried on Apollo missions, were planted back on Earth. However, this "Bicentennial Moon Tree" is not what it claims to be.
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Bicentennial Moon Tree
The original sign has been covered up with a new sign. So... not only is it not the original tree, it's not even the original sign.
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In the P.T. Barnum tradition of roadside ballyhoo, the sign announces the original tree in headline letters, then admits that the current tree only "represents" the original.