TheDailyWoo - 752 (7/23/14) Grave of Johnny Appleseed
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Welcome everyone. Adam the Woo here
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coming to you from a very overcast and a
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very blustery windy day here in Fort
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Wayne, Indiana. It's my second channel,
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Daily Blog channel. That's right. You
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are watching the
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Daily Woo! Why am I in Indiana? I am
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cruising through heading to my sister's
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house. Hopefully, I should be there
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within the next couple hours. But I
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wanted to do a quick little fantastic
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pit stop here in an awesome location
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right here in this neck of the woods.
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Where I'm standing is a fantastic place
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that I'm about to show you. But first,
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have you ever had a dream or perhaps a
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nightmare of a bunch of doctors chasing
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you? Here we come. We're like zombies,
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but we're not zombies. We're helping
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you. We're doctors. But even though you
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like to be helped, the last thing you
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want is a bunch of doctors chasing after
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you. Thwart loads of doctors running
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after you at rapid speeds. Unlike
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zombies that walk slowly, doctors will
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chase you very quickly. And they'll
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definitely rack up quite a bill. And
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those bill collectors will run even
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faster after you than the doctors. And
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what keeps doctors away? Almost like
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kryptonite to Superman. Doctor's
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kryptonite are what? Apples. An apple a
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day keeps the doctor away. We've all
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heard that terminology. Where am I going
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with this? Well, you can thank one man
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for the plethora of goodness of apples.
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I'm talking about Mr. Johnny Apples
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Seed, who just so happens to be buried
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right here in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The
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Johnny Apples Seed gravesite. Look at
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this. Johnny Apples Seed. An American
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folk hero. Granted, you have probably
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heard the stories. If you haven't, you
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probably have been living under a rock
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because Johnny Apples Seed, this man
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right here, Mr. Johnny Apples Seed, is
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an American hero. In fact, they have a
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little little area here dedicated to
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him, a little information center. His
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real name here was John Chapman, but
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everyone knows and loves him and calls
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him Johnny Apples. Passed away in 1845
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right here in Fort Wayne, Indiana. And
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his grave is actually right up there.
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There are some other trees that have
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been planted here that are not apple
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trees. What are these? These these are
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definitely not apples, but there are
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other types of foliage and fruit. Look
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at these. Look at these. What are
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these? What are these? They look like
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little apples, but they're not apples.
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They're some other sort of
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fruit. Not really sure. Okay, let me
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show you what I hear. What I came here
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for. The existence of this vlog is for
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this exact thing right here. Look at
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this. The final resting place of Mr.
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Johnny Apples Seed.
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He lived so others could actually
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flourish. He lived to help others. I
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think that's the saying they say about
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this guy. Let's go in here and take a
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look. He basically dedicated his life to
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going around planting orchards and
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apples for people and if they could not
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afford it, he just said, "You know what?
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Pay me later." A very kind-hearted man
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who material possessions meant basically
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nothing to. All he wanted to do was to
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get the word out to increase the apple
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population, if you will. John Chapman,
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Johnny Apples, died in
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1845. This was erected by the Indiana
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Horiculture Society right here. And you
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can see how people have placed apples in
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his honor. And right here among all
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these rocks, these decorative, beautiful
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rocks, is the gravestone and the final
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resting place of the man, the myth, and
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the legend, Mr. Johnny Apples Seed. In
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fact, there's actually an apple right
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there.
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Look, they actually engraved an apple
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right above his name, quote unquote
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Johnny Apples Seed. John Chapman. He
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lived for others. That's what I was
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trying to tell you a minute ago. He
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lived for others. There's a little
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inscription of the Holy Bible and then
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the years that he lived
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1774 to
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1845. So there he is right there. Johnny
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Apples Seed. Very awesome rot iron gate
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surrounded by another rot iron gate and
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these really awesome hedges here. And
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there's also a a gravestone engraved
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right here as well. If you go out the
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front, this is actually pretty awesome
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what they've done out here to honor this
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guy. In fond memory of John Chapman,
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endearingly known as Johnny Apples Seed,
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this graveside improvements were
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provided by the Men's Garden Club of
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America and the Johnny Apples Seed
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National Memorial Foundation
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Incorporated. 1965 is when that was
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placed there. But this grave has been
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here for a long time. 18 and
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45. So that's pretty cool. I'm the only
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one out here. You can see my van down
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there. There's like a big coliseum over
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here in Fort Wayne. So if you ever want
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to come out and visit the grave of
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Johnny Apples Seed, just look for the
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coliseum. It's over off to the side of
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the coliseum. Just walk up this little
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hill. Most people probably even realize
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this is here, but it is here. So, if
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you're in Indiana and you cruise out
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this way, definitely check out this
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awesome fantastic thing. Wow, here's
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another. Look at this. Johnny Apples
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Seed Festival. They have a festival
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here. I didn't know this. They have a
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festival. Johnny Apples Seed Festival
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Incorporated. Gravesite landscaping is
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provided by the Johnny Apples Seed
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Festival Incorporated.
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Awesome. So, that's really cool. What
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are any of these apple trees?
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I am definitely not an expert. I do not
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have a green thumb. As you can tell,
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this thumb is not green. So, if you see
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an apple tree, let me know. Is any of
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these foliage items where that bird is
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flying away, but that is not an apple
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tree? Let me know. Do you see an apple
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tree within eyeshot here planted near
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the final resting place of Mr. Johnny
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Apples Seed, a man who traveled around
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the United States, states and states and
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states, constantly on the move,
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constantly planting apple trees, giving
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people nourishment, and he was a big fan
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of animals as well as people. He was a
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vegetarian. He actually even loved
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insects. He didn't even want to kill a
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little insect. There's crazy stories
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about one time he had a campfire going
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and a bear and the cub of the bear was
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sleeping nearby. He put the campfire out
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that way he would not disturb the bear.
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And there's another story about a bunch
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of mosquitoes in an area and he actually
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put a campfire out because he did not
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want the mosquitoes to be harmed. So
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this is a very caring man. I don't think
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I don't really think I would personally
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care about mosquitoes. But obviously
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this guy had more compassion in his
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heart for insects and animals than I do.
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I I have a lot of compassion for people
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and animals. But man, insect go see I
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just got an insect. I just got an
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insect. I have not learned the ways of
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Johnny Apple Seed. But definitely some
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cool stories about this man that you can
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read up on. Check. He also was never
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married. His whole mission in life was
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basically to portray the apple goodness
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upon the world. There's also another
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story saying about how if he was never
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married in life into the other world as
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he passed away, he always thought maybe
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I'll get too wise. So maybe hopefully
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Johnny Apples Seed has two wives in
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heaven. Is polygamy legal in heaven?
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Johnny Apples Seed, what a crazy guy.