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Muir Woods

Though Return of the Jedi was not actually filmed here, contrary to popular belief, visiting these gigantic old-growth redwoods almost felt like being in a movie

Muir Woods
Muir Woods
Muir Woods
Muir Woods
Muir Woods
Muir Woods
Muir Woods
Muir Woods
Muir Woods
Muir Woods
Muir Woods
Muir Woods

Here in this grove of enduring redwoods, preserved for posterity, members of the United Nations Conference on International Organization, met on May 19, 1945 to honor the memory of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, thirty first President of the United States, Chief Architect of the United Nations and apostle of lasting peace for all mankind

Muir Woods
Muir Woods
Muir Woods
Muir Woods
Muir Woods
Muir Woods
Muir Woods
Muir Woods
Muir Woods

Tree cookie notes, along with other historical time references, its birthdate as 900 A.D., Muir Woods National Monument established in 1908 and its death in 1930.

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