Mercer Oak branch from 300 yr. old tree in Princeton

This branch is from the great Mercer Oak that was felled in March, 2000 by a storm. I went to see the fallen tree and collected the branch, thinking, this has historic value. I've now had the branch for 10 years. The 10th anniversary is this March 2010. I also captured the park ranger, in revolutionary garb, talking on his cell phone. To me, that was a classic shot. There were folks who cried at the loss of the tree that sat majestically in Battlefield Park in Princeton. A place where General George Washington walked. Besides the branch, I have newspaper articles, pictures and a commemorative plate. When I was walking from the site, another onlooker suggested that if I buy root grow that I could possibly get the branch to root and grow. That didn't happen for me. The root grow didn't work. I did put the branch in water and the buds started to open. That occurrence, to me, was exciting. So, due to it's historic value, I decided to share the branch with everyone who shares my blog. A chef from a local, prominent restaurant, carried branches that he planned to burn, to cook fish for the evening's menu. He was going to offer the feature of a meal cooked over the coals of the great Mercer Oak. In the place now of the great Mercer Oak is a sapling from the tree, donated by a resident of Princeton who had it growing in her yard. So you see, even though I didn't succeed at rooting my branch, the tree lives on in its' sappling. I should go to the park and snap a picture of the sapling to add to the story of it's mother tree. I will post it at a later date.