Standing at the intersection of Rockville Pike and Beach Drive is a tree known to locals as The Linden Oak. It is one of the largest (Quercus Alba) in the state of Maryland and the largest in Montgomery County. Estimates indicate that this towering specimen seeded in 1718, meaning that it is over 300 years old. In addition to being on the scene nearly 50 years before the American Revolution, the Linden Oak dodged another brush with death in 1973, when the western portion of the Washington Metro was being…
