STATEHOUSE CALENDAR

Although few today know the story of the Liberty Tree, in the years leading up to the American Revolution, local patriots in each of the 13 colonies, who called themselves “the Sons of Liberty”, identified a large tree to be used as a meeting place. The last surviving original Liberty Tree was in Annapolis, Maryland. In September of 1999, the nearly 600 year old, 96-foot tulip poplar was fatally damaged by Hurricane Floyd, and it was felled on October 25, 1999. In conjunction with the Liberty Tree planting on the Statehouse grounds in August, 2018, the Capitol Square Review & Advisory Board will mount an exhibit briefly outlining the history of the Liberty Tree. Included in the exhibit are original pieces of the Maryland Liberty Tree.