{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"JCCWilliamsburg Master Gardener Association","provider_url":"https:\/\/jccwmg.org\/wordpress","title":"The Origin, Locations, and Date of Planting of Colonial Williamsburg\u2019s Compton Oak - JCCWilliamsburg Master Gardener Association","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"qfi2yUFOmf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jccwmg.org\/wordpress\/compton-oak-origins\/\">The Origin, Locations, and Date of Planting of Colonial Williamsburg\u2019s Compton Oak<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/jccwmg.org\/wordpress\/compton-oak-origins\/embed\/#?secret=qfi2yUFOmf\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Origin, Locations, and Date of Planting of Colonial Williamsburg\u2019s Compton Oak&#8221; &#8212; JCCWilliamsburg Master Gardener Association\" data-secret=\"qfi2yUFOmf\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/jccwmg.org\/wordpress\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/jccwmg.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Compton-Oak.jpg","thumbnail_width":528,"thumbnail_height":397,"description":"The Origin, Locations, and Date of Planting of Colonial Williamsburg\u2019s Compton Oak Street view of the Compton oak in 1979; photo courtesy of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation\u2019s archives. This superb specimen of Compton oak (Quercus xcomptoniae) is located in Market Square, within the boundary of historic Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, USA. For the benefit of non-US residents, Williamsburg was founded in 1632 by English settlers.\u00a0 It became the capital of the Colony and Commonwealth of Virginia in 1699 and remained so&#46;&#46;&#46;"}