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    A liberty pole is a wooden pole, or sometimes spear or lance, surmounted by a "cap of liberty", mostly of the Phrygian cap. The symbol originated in the...
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    The Dutch Maiden was among the first, re-introducing the cap of liberty on a liberty pole featured in many types of image, though not using the Phrygian...
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    allowed organizers to make or create anonymous summons to a Liberty Tree, "Liberty Pole", or other public meeting-place. Furthermore, a unifying name...
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  • (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in Vernon County Liberty Pole, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community This disambiguation page lists...
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    no success. There is a widely told story that Machias men erected a Liberty pole after meeting in the Burnham Tavern to discuss the battles of Lexington...
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    The Dedham Liberty Pole was a liberty pole erected in 1798 in Dedham, Massachusetts. Several of those involved with the pole were arrested, resulting...
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    renovated. A 150-foot-tall (46 m) flag pole with a 28 by 38 feet (8.5 by 11.6 m) flag flies on main street. The pole was erected in August 2009 by the U...
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    politician, was born in Liberty Pole. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Liberty Pole Liberty Pole, Wisconsin 'In Assembly Journal...
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    for American independence. In commemoration, the Patriots erected a liberty pole, 112 feet (34 m) high, outside of the Taunton Courthouse and the house...
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    Phrygian cap (redirect from Cap of liberty)
    American eagle holding a Liberty Pole under its wings. The cap's last appearance on circulating coinage was the Walking Liberty Half Dollar, which was minted...
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    protesters, and the ground surrounding it became popularly known as Liberty Hall. A liberty pole was installed nearby with a flag that could be raised above the...
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  • sentence for anyone under the Sedition Act of 1798 for erecting the Dedham Liberty Pole. Originally from Bethlehem, Connecticut, Brown was a veteran of the American...
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    Rochester's historic Liberty Pole Plaza, a public gathering space containing a large metal sculpture known as the Liberty Pole. The Liberty Pole has been a pillar...
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    people were arrested. Liberty poles were raised in various places as the militia was recruited, worrying federal officials. A liberty pole was raised in Carlisle...
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    cap of liberty, the Liberty pole. Initially carrying a martyr's palm, by the late 17th century she often carries a cap of liberty on a liberty pole, though...
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  • or Tree of Liberty can also refer to: The Liberty Tree, a symbol of the French Revolution Liberty pole or Tree of Liberty, a wooden pole which served...
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    These troops cut down the liberty pole on August 10. A second and third pole were erected and also cut down. A fourth pole was erected and encased in...
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    the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Fargo, Folsom, and Liberty Pole are located in the town. According to the United States Census Bureau...
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    with Britain in the 1760s, the Sons of Liberty (or "Liberty Boys") in New York City sometimes erected "Liberty poles" to symbolize their displeasure with...
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    Dedham, Massachusetts, including Benjamin Fairbanks, in setting up a liberty pole with the words, "No Stamp Act, No Sedition Act, No Alien Bills, No Land...
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    Raising the Liberty Pole in New York City, 1770 pen and ink drawing by Simitiere depicting one of six liberty poles to be alternately raised and later...
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    cemetery was consecrated in 1654; 1300 dead are interred there. The Liberty Pole, the sixth on the site of the present church, was originally erected...
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    an active part in the American Revolution and was home to the Dedham Liberty Pole in the late 18th century. When a split occurred at the First Church and...
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    other industries. After 1853, the square was known as Liberty Pole Square, in honor of the liberty pole erected there by anti-slavery firemen. In 1861 it...
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  • Seated Liberty coinage consisted of the figure of Liberty clad in a flowing dress and seated upon a rock. In her left hand, she holds a Liberty pole surmounted...
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  • take down the pole. The story of the liberty pole has been shown to be a fabrication by John O'Brien in 1831. No references to the pole are found prior...
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  • (1955). "The Federalist "Saints" versus "The Devil of Sedition": The Liberty Pole Cases of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1798-1799". The New England Quarterly...
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    A Goethe watercolour depicting a liberty pole at the border to the short-lived Republic of Mainz, created under influence of the French Revolution and...
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    revolutionary groups; the slogan of "Liberty"; the liberty cap; Lady Liberty or Marianne; the tree of liberty or liberty pole, and so on. Age of Revolution Atlantic...
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    Concord noted a liberty pole with a cap and an unknown flag on it standing on a hill near Concord center. British grenadiers chopped down the pole and destroyed...
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