“After a tornado devastated their be- loved maple tree last fall,” an article in Lancaster Online noted, “Sue Mc- Naughton and Al Iannello had a sim- ple desire: Hold onto a portion of the tree that was such a fixture of their home life. ‘We were heart broken, and I cried,’ McNaughton said. ‘And I said we have to do something to keep part of this tree’.” [Christopher Pratt, Lan– caster Online, May 14, 2016.]
Dean Fox carved the 9-foot sculpture of Abe Lincoln in 2-3 weeks.