Question: What was The Senator from Longwood?
Answer: A 3,500-year-old bald cypress tree
In January 2012, a fire resulting from a deliberate act of arson destroyed the oldest existing tourist attraction in Central Florida. The Senator was located in Big Tree Park in Seminole County’s Spring Hammock Preserve in Longwood, between Sanford and Orlando. Its younger companion, Lady Liberty, still stands nearby. As the elder of the two, The Senator was thought to have been on the site for over 3,500 years.
