400 -Year-Old Bonsai Survived Hiroshima Bombing
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Uploaded by VOAvideo on Aug 3, 2010
Sixty five years ago , during World War II, a B-29 bomber known as the "Enola Gay" dropped the first atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima, Japan, killing hundreds of thousands of people. Among the survivors was a small tree, a Bonsai, which ended up in the United States as part of a national gift from Japan. The Bonsai, now 400 years old, is still alive, and forms part of one of the most striking collections in the U.S. capital. Producer Zulima Palacio has the story.
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@akiliase that bonsai is historical!!!!
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WHY DONATE A 400 YEAR OLD TREE???
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That tree is actually kind of ugly, from a bonsai perspective.
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Well that sucks. The site is dead.
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If they were to sell it, which they probably wouldn't, it would be sooo expensive
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i went there recently check out my pics, National bonsai exhibit picture tour
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@foxxylover12 Haha! Me too! Did you get it? :D
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how about radioactivity?
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I put a bonsai tree on my Christmas list this year. I hope for a Japanese Maple. But now I dont care which one I get. I'll take care of any bonsai tree. And I want my kids and my kids kids etc.. to take care of my tree. I hope I get one. And I'm learning how to take care of one right now.
~Foxxy :3
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I have to say, giving what could be your famiy legacy to someone is a large show of trust.
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i would cry too if my 400 year old tree was given to the enemy...
furstenfeldbruck 5 months ago 31
1:55 Fkng kid.
TommysCAT 5 months ago 17