There is something remarkable about this project. Phoenician ships were constructed from the Cedars of Lebanon more than two thousand years ago. This cedar was important to ancient people who built the best ships 600 years before Christ. There are hundreds of records, including the Bible, that refer to the Cedars of Lebanon. People in the Middle East call the Lebanon Cedar the Tree of God. The people of Lebanon proudly put an image of the tree on their national flag.

Monk Creek Woodworks Mill, located 12 miles from the Phoenician Ship Museum, gives us expert direction. We have the largest collection of Cedars of Lebanon ever assembled in the United States. Today, there are only 1% of the trees on the mountains of Lebanon that were there when the Bible was written. It is indeed a very rare tree.

Heartland Research praises God for allowing us to possess such a collection of logs of this sacred tree. There is no other tree mentioned as frequently in the Bible as the Cedars of Lebanon.

Can we improve on the history of these very logs? Near the Liberty Bell, about 20 miles from the birthplace of America, they were planted. The seedlings were placed in the soil of America ten years before the Civil War. The planters were Bible-believing, freedom-loving people. For nearly 200 years, Philadelphians gathered around the tree to celebrate marriages and family events.

The Tyler Arboretum is pleased that this famous tree will now adorn the decks and other features of the world's oldest ship replica that crossed the Atlantic Ocean from the Old World to the New World.

This is a momentous occasion for us, and we're proud to be involved as we bring the beauty and fame of the Cedar of Lebanon to the attention of tens of thousands of Americans.

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