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Inscription:

Constitution Elm
On this spot, beneath the shade of the elm the Constitution of Indiana was framed in June, 1816

This tree lived until 1925, attaining a height of fifty feet. A trunk diameter of five feet and a spread of one hundred thirty- two feet.
This monument was erected in 1936

https://www.thisisindiana.org/directory/constitution-elm/

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