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.

Africa Centuries-old cotton tree, national symbol for decades, felled by storm in Sierra Leone Storm Wednesday evening in the capital, Freetown, destroyed all but the stump of the iconic tree ...

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 ...

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“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.

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.

In Maui's town of Lahaina, hope is emerging as the community recovers from last year's devastating wildfire. The 151-year-old banyan tree on Front Street, heavily scorched by the flames, is now ...

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 ...