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The Liberty Tree outside on the grounds of Capitol Square was bud-grafted from the last standing Revolutionary-era Liberty Tree.  The Tulip Poplar was dedicated on the North Plaza during the 2018 Tour Des Trees to benefit Tree Fund. The tree is on the Broad Street side of Capitol Square.

Inside the Ohio Statehouse, see an exhibit about the history of Liberty Trees including some sawn sections of the last standing Revolutionary-era Liberty Tree in Maryland, which was felled in the 1999 Hurricane Floyd.  

The first noted usage of a Liberty Tree by American colonists happened in 1765, a full ten years before the famous, "shot heard around the world."  The first Liberty Tree was in Boston, Massachusetts, and it became an iconic symbol of revolt against a tyrannical home government in England.  

Samual Adams formed a secret society known as the Sons of Liberty.  Their mission was to oppose the Stamp Act. In 1765, hundreds of Bostonians met under the branches of the Liberty Tree, a new symbol for fighting tyranny.