Liberty Tree Memorial

The American Liberty elm was named after the Liberty Tree, the country’s first symbol of freedom. On the morning of August 14, 1765, the people of Boston discovered two effigies suspended from an elm in protest of the Stamp Act, and from that day forward the tree became known as the Liberty Tree. For the next ten years, it stood in silent witness to countless meetings, speeches, and celebrations, and often served as the rallying place for the Sons of Liberty. In August 1775, as a last act of violence before their evacuation of Boston, British soldiers cut it down because it bore the name Liberty.

Fryeburg, Maine · United States