Tea Party Was “Born” Under This Flag

by John Hansel

One morning in the fall of 1765 the “Son’s of Liberty” in Boston met at the Liberty Tree on the corner of Orange and Essex and unfurled a huge flag… 13 feet long by 7 feet wide… having nine vertical red and white stripes… the “rebellious stripes” they called them… to honor the nine colonies which had joined in protest of the Stamp Act.

Influential patriots like Sam Adams and John Hancock were part of this group of early protesters of British rule. They met often beneath the sheltering branches of this great American Elm, known throughout the colonies as the “Liberty Tree”.

It was at one such meeting in 1773 that they planned the Tea Party, an act of rebellion which soon became a revolution. Overhead flew the “Liberty Tree Flag” . When the British troops evacuated Boston they cut down the “Liberty Tree’ but the “rebellious stripes” survived to this day. They are on display by the Bostonian Society at the Old State House, 206 Washington St. in Boston, Mass.

The “Liberty Tree Society’ was formed to celebrate this historic moment in our history. We have created a flag pin to commemorate America’s first flag under which the Tea Party was “born”. We hope Tea Party members every where will wear this pin proudly as a symbol of their common heritage.

To get yours please go to www.libertytreesociety.org
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The Liberty Tree Society is the newest group to join the NH Tea Party Coalition.