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Revolutionary: 250 years later, the 'Liberty Tree' blooms again

An illustration of the Liberty Tree from 'Cassell's Illustrated History of England,' 1865.
An illustration of the Liberty Tree from 'Cassell's Illustrated History of England,' 1865.

Long before the first shots of the American Revolution were fired, there was -- a tree. An elm tree in a grove in Boston, where some say the Revolution truly started. It became famous across the colonies in paintings, engravings and poems as the Liberty Tree. Now, 250 years after the British unceremoniously chopped it down, Liberty Trees are springing up once again.

Davis Dunavin loves telling stories, whether on the radio or around the campfire. He started in Missouri and ended up in Connecticut, which, he'd like to point out, is the same geographic trajectory taken by Mark Twain.