Save Harvard's Ancient Red Oak Tree

There’s a vibrant supercentenarian oak guarding the Andover Hall courtyard of the Harvard Divinity School. Students, alumni, faculty, visiting academics and dignitaries often stop to admire this ancient one and seek a moment of solace. This massive thriving masterpiece is truly spellbinding!

The Divinity School received $65 million in donations to makeover and expand Andover Hall. Instead of opting to develop the nearby open field, the planning committee decided upon sealing in the courtyard. That means the glorious ancient oak, which when leafed freely exhales powerful airborne medicines that fight infections and cancers to all those that inhale its oxygen, is slated to be axed.

The students, Cambridge residents and some of the faculty are up in arms. They love that magnificent breathing basilica and it loves them back with oxygen, medicines, habitat for the animals and sought after summertime shade.

Currently, there are no laws in Cambridge to protect this beauty from a hideous chainsaw massacre.