FIRST LIBERTY POLE IN THE WEST MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Liberty Pole Memorials
Year Dedicated: 1997
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Photograph By: BARRY SWACKHAMER
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
A LIBERTY POLE IS A TALL WOODEN POLE, OFTEN USED AS A TYPE OF FLAGSTAFF. THEY HAVE BEEN USED AS A SYMBOL BY MOVEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF REPUBLICANISM. IN 1767 WHEN OUR YET TO BE UNITED NATION FELT THE STIRRINGS OF REVOLUTION, FREEDOM-LOVING COLONIST CARVED AND ERECTED THE FIRST “LIBERTY POLE.” IT SERVED AS A RALLYING POINT FOR THOSE WHO OPPOSED THE BRITISH IMPOSED STAMP ACT.
SEE ALSO-FIRST LIBERTY POLE IN THE WEST MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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