THE LIBERTY TREE OF ORLANDO MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Liberty Tree Memorials
Access: Private
Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Photograph By: BILL COUGHLIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
UNDER THE BOUGHS OF THE ORIGINAL LIBERTY TREE IN BOSTON IN 1765, PATRIOTS, CALLING THEMSELVES “THE SONS OF LIBERTY,” GATHERED TO PROTEST THE IMPOSITION OF THE STAMP ACT. IN THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED, ALMOST EVERY AMERICAN TOWN HAD A LIBERTY TREE-A LIVING SYMBOL OF THE AMERICAN FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND ASSEMBLY.
OUR LIBERTY TREE IS A SOUTHERN LIVE OAK QUERCUS VIRGINIANA, MORE THAN 100 YEARS OLD
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