A Liberty Tree will be planted in Tamaqua, Pa., in celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary in 2026, officials announced on Nov. 15, 2024.

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But also, during that time, sentiment grew against the tree as a symbol of Lahaina. The 151-year-old banyan tree, once 60 feet high and spanning nearly an acre, is now noticeably smaller.

A bulldozer clears the fallen Cotton Tree in downtown Freetown, Sierra Leone, Thursday May 25, 2023. Sierra Leone’s centuries-old iconic Cotton Tree, seen as a symbol of liberty and freedom by ...

The tree went on to appear on the country's banknotes and was celebrated in children's nursery rhymes. "It was regarded as a symbol of liberty and freedom by early settlers," the president wrote ...

More than 11,000 people protest in Belgium over the Brussels authorities' decision to replace the traditional Christmas tree with an abstract version in the city's main square.

“What a great symbol of liberty this 400-year-old tree has been,” Glendening said. “Under this tree, the seeds of revolution and freedom in this country and the world were planted.