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Growing up in the South you would sometimes see bottle trees. While these may not have been there to ward off evil spirts, they were nicer front yard decorations than the cars on blocks many of my neighbors had.
So I felt a little nostalgia when I noticed that there is a gum tree in front of Ford’s Theatre. According to web searching this gum tree is fairly well known, as for years patrons have put there gum there before going in for a show.
I can’t be the only one not to have known about this, right? Sure it’s no bottle tree, but I guess it’s better than having the tour buses up on blocks.
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in the old days… (when i was a kid) ..people used gum to stick a “Lincoln Penny” to the tree..the pennies fall off..and you eventually have a gum tree..every few years the park service(?) cleans off the tree and a new generation of kids (old and young) stick their gum & pennies to the tree…
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The original gum tree was across the street from the theater and cut down a few years back after it had several inches of gum plastered around it. The new trees had those little fences put up around them (seen at the bottom of your photo here), but clearly kids just reach up higher to keep the tradition.
that makes sense..because i thought it was gone the last time i was over there… and when i saw this post..i thought… oh cool..i must have just missed it..
yeah..it was outside the house where Lincoln died.. im glad to know the tradition has continued..i dont know WHY im glad…but i am…
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Hmm, yes, if only there were some option besides putting gum on the tree or spitting it out onto the sidewalk.
A $5 tax per pack of chewing gum would take care of this little problem, but try getting that past the Wrigley lobbyists.
Gotta be the nastiest habit this side of dipping snuff or public self abuse.
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yay! free gum!