In June 6, 2019, New Jersey's oldest oak tree was tragically blown down in a storm. It was growing in the Salem Friends Meeting burying ground (cemetery) and estimated to be over 550 years old. It had been in decline for many years and eventually gave way to age and weather.

As a way to commemorate the nearly 600-year-old tree and all that it stood for, the NJ Department of Environmental Protection propagated seedling from the tree to distribute to New Jersey's 565 municipalities. Propagating and distributing the seedling provided a way to celebrate the 50th anniversary Earth Day and the establishment of Department of Environmental Protection. The location of the original Salem Oak in a Quarker burying ground prompted Randolph Township to asked the Association if it would be interested in planting Randolph's seedling on the Randolph Meeting House grounds. The request fit nicely with the Association's current effort to upgrade and restore the the Meeting House landscape.