STAMFORD LIBERTY TREE MEMORIAL PLAQUE

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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 PROTECT OF THE HATED STAMP ACT. FROM THAT DAY FORWARD THAT ELM BECAME KNOWN AS "THE LIBERTY TREE."

Location

Address: FORT STAMFORD PARK
City: STAMFORD
State:
Zip Code: 06902

Details

Memorial Type: Park Tree Memorial Plaques
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Year Dedicated:
Photograph By: BILL COUGHLIN
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