Maryland's Liberty Tree

• Tulip Poplar
• Height: 96 feet
• Girth: 27 feet
• Spread: 60 feet
• Approximately 600 years old when it was cut down in 1999
• In the years preceding the American Revolution, Liberty Trees were meeting places for local patriots throughout the colonies
• The British cut down the first tree on Boston Common in 1775
Maryland's Liberty tree, the last remaining Liberty Tree, was located on the grounds of St. John's College, the alma mater of Francis Scott Key, in Annapolis, Maryland 1652 peace treaty was signed under this tree between Annapolis colonists and Susquahannock Indians
• Prior to the Annapolis Tea Party in 1774, rebellious colonists met under the Liberty Tree before marching down to the harbor to burn the tea-laden brig Peggy Stewart
French soldiers under Lafayette camped under this tree en route to the battle of Yorktown in 1781. Lafayette was honored on a return trip to Annapolis in 1824.
• Between 1929 and 1999, St. John's College held its commencement exercises under the tree's shade
• Despite concrete support, Maryland's Liberty Tree could not survive Hurricane Floyd and was cut down on October 25, 1999
• Maryland resident and landscaper Mark Menhert salvaged the wood from the Liberty Tree and has been active in its preservation

For more information on The Liberty Tree Project developed by The Providence Forum, click here.