LIBERTY POLE TOMPKINS COUNTY MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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 COLONISTS CARVED AND ERECTED THE FIRST "Liberty Pole." It served as a rallying point for those who opposed the British imposed stamp act.
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Listing Details
- Public
- REVOLUTIONARY WAR
- Liberty Pole Memorials
- 320 NORTH TIOGA STREET
- 14850
- WILLIAM FISCHER, JR.
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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