While the old Washington elm died almost a century ago, remnants and relics from the Washington Elm continue to carry on the legend of the tree. You may want to visit one of these sites in Cambridge to view how the original myth has been carried on in recent years.

• Several markers placed by the Cambridge Historical Commission dot the Cambridge Common, and billboard exhibits offer stories about Washington and Cambridge during the Revolution. How do these municipal public history projects tell the story? Visit the CHC list of historical markers.
  
• Harvard University's own Fogg Museum of Art has in its possession an object shaped like a book carved out of the old elm. The object belongs to the collections of the Houghton library but was loaned to the Fogg several years ago for a historical exhibit.
• The Cambridge Historical Society is housed in theHooper-Lee-Nichols House on Brattle Street, just a few blocks away from the Cambridge Common. A back room of the house contains a cut-out from the Washington Elm. Take a tour of the house, and you'll have a chance to learn lots about colonial architecture, and also get a chance to ask the guides for the latest version of the legend of the elm.
  
• Just a few doors down Brattle Street from the Hooper-Lee-Nichols house sits theLongfellow National Historic Site operated by the National Parks Service. The house was home to the nineteenth-century poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It also served as George Washington's residence and headquarters after he took control of the American Army in July, 1775. The NPS leads tours of the site laced with verses from Longfellow's poetry. You can also see some Washington paraphanalia, as well as a chair made from the old Washington Elm.
  
• The Cambridge room at the Cambridge Public Library contains a table made out of timbers from the Washington Elm. The CPL is just a few blocks down Broadway from Harvard. The room is generally not open to the public, but if you explain why you're visiting they may let you see the table.