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White oak sapling replaces historic tree at Fair Street School
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After the crowds were gone Friday, Gainesville City Schools athletic fields manager David Presnell, left, and groundskeeper Josiah Bowers dress out the newly planted, officially dedicated white oak sapling in front of Fair Street School. - photo by NAT GURLEY
Community leaders, school alumni, parents and hundreds of students attended the replacement planting of the historic oak tree Friday in front of Fair Street School in Gainesville. “The tree was a landmark, a type of legacy that was passed down through generations,” said Linda Hutchins, a Fair Street alumna. “My mother and father graduated from Fair Street School in the ’40s and the tree was here then.