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ANSONIA AMERICAN LIBERTY ELM MEMORIAL TREE

ANSONIA AMERICAN LIBERTY ELM MEMORIAL TREE
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Location: ANSONIA GREEN

City: ANSONIA

State: Connecticut

Zip Code: 6401

Type of Memorial: Park Tree Memorial Plaques

Year Dedicated: 2002

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Photograph By: MICHAEL HERRICK

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

THE AMERICAN LIBERTY ELM WAS NAMED AFTER “THE LIBERTY TREE: OUR COUNTRY’S FIRST SYMBOL OF FREEDOM.”
ON THE MORNING OF AUGUST 14, 1765, THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON AWAKENED TO DISCOVER TWO EFFIGIES SUSPENDED FROM AN ELM TREE IN PROTEST OF THE HATED STAMP ACT. FROM THAT DAY FORWARD THAT ELM BECAME KNOWN AS “THE LIBERTY TREE.”
SEE ALSO-ANSONIA AMERICAN LIBERTY ELM MEMORIAL TREE PLAQUE


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