The tree grew tall and stood watch over the house long after the 26th president died there in 1919. But now the beech, once a flourishing testament to its original owner's love for the outdoors ...

COVE NECK, N.Y. (CBSNewYork)-- A part of Long Island's history is being removed limb by limb. A giant copper beech tree planted in the 1890s by President Theodore Roosevelt was chopped down at the ...