Just after WWII, a Hawaiian lady who lost a son in the war decided to plant a tree here in his memory. A Japanese lady who had similarly lost a son decided to do the same. Through the years since, as Japan and the U.S. have grown together and relied on each other as friends, so to have these trees grown strong and intermixed their branches and roots to give one great canopy. Wow: As I'm sitting at my computer writing about this tribute to war dead;, thinking about these two women loosing sons who they obviously loved dearly, I'm listening to Pandora.com (internet radio). Peter, Paul, and Mary just came on singing BLOWING IN THE WIND. How many times indeed.......

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