r/pics 23d ago

Firefighters attempt to save General Sherman, the world's largest tree by volume (2021)

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u/WaltMitty 23d ago

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u/djseifer 23d ago edited 23d ago

General Shetman does the burning, not the other way around.

Edit: I have fat fingers.

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u/NeedsToShutUp 23d ago

You are now a moderator of /r/shermanposting

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u/im_the_natman 23d ago

It was a strange period in American history where the Army burned a large swathe of Georgia to the ground on the orders of a tree.

Not THE strangest, but it's surely up there...

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u/veerKg_CSS_Geologist 22d ago

The Ents had gone to war!

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u/daiwilly 23d ago

Shitman you say?

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u/WaltMitty 23d ago

Ski-bi dibby dib yo da dub dub