The trees are falling

I just read an online news article about some very historically significant trees in France being cut down.

It would seem that during their time in France, soldiers stationed at camps near Normandy, soldiers made carvings in the trees near the camps. The carved their own names or names of loved ones or just dates. Despite being carved in the trees still grew and flourished for 6 decades and that is the problem. Because the trees that line the road were overgrown and hanging dangerously over a road, official sited the land owner. He was required to prune back the trees or be fined. Because of the massive amount of pruning that would be required, it was cheaper for him to contract someone to just cut them down. Thus the trees began falling. Someone has finally taken notice and is making an attempt to have the remaining trees designated historical landmarks. Surprisingly they have never been given this status in all the years that they have remained untouched, it is only after many of them have been felled that it is being thought.

It was an interesting story and I thought I would share.