Erection of the liberty pole on the king's birthday (legacy record)
- When
- 4 June 1766 (legacy record, uncorroborated)
- Where
- The Fields, between Broadway and Park Row, Manhattan (per legacy record)
A legacy record describes Sons of Liberty members in Manhattan erecting a liberty pole as a protest on George III's 28th birthday, but no supplied passage corroborates it.
According to the legacy record, members of the Sons of Liberty in Manhattan marked the occasion of King George III's 28th birthday by erecting a liberty pole as a protest for the first time. The pole is described as a tall wooden pole with a Phrygian cap, matching the general definition of a liberty pole as a wooden pole surmounted by a cap of liberty, mostly the Phrygian cap. The record places it on the Fields somewhere between Broadway and Park Row. These episode-specific details are not stated in any supplied passage and remain unverified.
Sources
- Liberty pole Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-22
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