In 1965 my class visited our state capital and I got to sit in the wishing chair which is made from the wood of the Charter Oak. I wished for a bicycle and a couple of months later I got one. It works!
Thank you for sharing the story of the Charter Oak! I have been amazed and obssessed with this story since I was a kid. I think it's so cool how this beautiful, old, majestic tree became part of a mythology and symbol of our state. The native Americans had a special relationship with the charter oak far before the settlers came and Adriaen Block made note of the tree in his journals as a landmark when he sailed up the CT river in 1614 because it was just so majestic. I think we have such a unique and awesome story to our state. So many amazing things have happened here. It's sad the charter oak fell but I an happy there are descendants of the tree still living! I had no idea. I found out today there is grandson tree of the charter oak in Fairview Cemetery in New Britain where I live! Can't wait to go see it and find the others around Connecticut. 😊
Susan Bysiewicz, our Vice Governor sits in one of the chairs that was made from the Charter Oak Tree. The nickname of this chair is "The Wishing Chair". Which, of course means that she could become Connecticut's Governor.
Massachusetts resident here. Connecticut wasn't the only colony to withhold the review of its colonial charter from the Crown by keeping it in the colony. We did it, too, and had our corporate charter revoked by order of Charles II Stuart in 1684. And by the way, thanks but no thanks for your help in the war against the Pequots; evidently it turned out to be a half-arse job. Which it was: Pequot society was matrilineal, which meant killing more men than women did no good anyway if one were looking to eradicate the tribe.
In 1965 my class visited our state capital and I got to sit in the wishing chair which is made from the wood of the Charter Oak. I wished for a bicycle and a couple of months later I got one. It works!
Thank you for sharing the story of the Charter Oak! I have been amazed and obssessed with this story since I was a kid. I think it's so cool how this beautiful, old, majestic tree became part of a mythology and symbol of our state. The native Americans had a special relationship with the charter oak far before the settlers came and Adriaen Block made note of the tree in his journals as a landmark when he sailed up the CT river in 1614 because it was just so majestic. I think we have such a unique and awesome story to our state. So many amazing things have happened here. It's sad the charter oak fell but I an happy there are descendants of the tree still living! I had no idea. I found out today there is grandson tree of the charter oak in Fairview Cemetery in New Britain where I live! Can't wait to go see it and find the others around Connecticut. 😊
Susan Bysiewicz, our Vice Governor sits in one of the chairs that was made from the Charter Oak Tree. The nickname of this chair is "The Wishing Chair".
Which, of course means that she could become Connecticut's Governor.
Interesting I’ve studied this story before and my kiddos in my history class love stories like thia
I have charter oak old postage stamps and a six pack of beer bottles with the charter oak graphics.
Massachusetts resident here. Connecticut wasn't the only colony to withhold the review of its colonial charter from the Crown by keeping it in the colony. We did it, too, and had our corporate charter revoked by order of Charles II Stuart in 1684. And by the way, thanks but no thanks for your help in the war against the Pequots; evidently it turned out to be a half-arse job. Which it was: Pequot society was matrilineal, which meant killing more men than women did no good anyway if one were looking to eradicate the tribe.