This living witness of the bombing of Hiroshima is now a proud US National Arboretum.

The US National Arboretum, which is located in Washington, DC, home to 400-year-old witness to the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima. This bonsai, who managed to survive only three kilometers from the epicenter. Now this tree is a living reminder of those terrible events. In addition, a bonsai tree is the oldest of the National Arboretum, therefore, is a huge success among the visitors.

Looking at this tiny tree, it's hard to guess how much he had experienced in his lifetime. The height of the bonsai-patriarch is less than a meter, but its thick mossy trunk hints at his advanced age. This dwarf pine lived for nearly four hundred years old and is the oldest odnm Bonsai in the world!



most difficult test of bonsai share fell in 1945 during the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, which resulted in much of the city was razed to the ground. However, the sapling was lucky to survive, even though it is only three kilometers from the epicenter. Fortunately, growing bonsai in good location and was protected by a shock wave and heat mighty surviving wall.



After the Second World War for the surviving family took care of a little tree Yamaki that kind to the art of bonsai. In 1976, in celebration of the 200th anniversary of American independence Masaru Yamaki gave bonsai US National Arboretum.



After 25 years, in 2001, Masaru Yamaki with their children and grandchildren for the first time, visited Washington, where he held a meeting with the quivering tree saved them.



Witnesses nuclear attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, every year it becomes less and less. But that tree will have many more years to be a living reminder of the horrors of the past.



It is a pity that the trees are not able to talk. I am sure that the bonsai could tell a lot of interesting ... If you liked the story of a small tree with a difficult fate, then Share this post with your friends.

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