Boston's Liberty Elm is arguably the first symbol of freedom for the United States. The tree was a rallying point for oration, celebration and revolution.
    On August 14, 1765 a group of men gathered in Boston under a large Elm tree to protest the hated Stamp Act. They called themselves the Sons of Liberty.
     In the years that followed almost every American town had its own liberty tree. Thus, the Liberty Tree became a living symbol of popular support for individual liberty and resistance to tyranny.