Are any Liberty Poles around today?

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I couldn't find any reference to a surviving Liberty Pole (probably not surprising after 240 years!), but apparently, the last surviving Liberty Tree was in Annapolis. It was cut down in 1999.

I found another site that claims the wood from that tree was used to make a new Liberty Pole which was erected in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

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Yes, Libery Poles still exist today, although in a slightly different form. They were the precursor of what we now call flagpoles.

Most flagpoles are now made of metal, rather than wood, and are therefore more durable. But they are places on which to hang flags, which function as our symbols of freedom and liberty.

So have liberty poles retained their original form? Not quite. But do they exist in an "evolved" form that serves the original purpose? Yes.

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