{"id":8337,"date":"2014-03-07T08:00:54","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T13:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/?p=8337"},"modified":"2014-03-05T08:39:31","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T13:39:31","slug":"celebrate-arbor-day-with-the-american-chestnut-oral-history-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/2014\/03\/07\/celebrate-arbor-day-with-the-american-chestnut-oral-history-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Arbor Day with the American Chestnut Oral History Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/scholar.utc.edu\/american-chestnut\/\">American Chestnut Oral History Project<\/a>\u00a0documents\u00a0memories of the native chestnuts&#8217; economic and cultural importance in the years preceding and following the blight pandemic. 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