Tree Of Liberty Merch

'The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.' The Tree Of Liberty Design features the famous historical quotation penned by American founding father Thomas Jefferson in a 1787 letter William S. Smith, a London diplomat.

The Tree Of Liberty Must Be Refreshed

“The Tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of Patriots and Tyrants.” - Thomas Jefferson Classic quote from Thomas Jefferson regarding the Shays’ Rebellion in Springfield MA, 1787 whereby Western MA farmers forced closure of judicial proceedings that were stripping them from their properties due to excessive tax increases. The Liberty Tree was the meeting place in Boston and the first act of defiance in the American Revolution (1765) by the colonists in protest of the Stamp Tax.

From time to time the tree of liberty must be watered...

Artwork of the Liberty Tree with butterflies freely and joyously flying all around it. Let freedom ring out...

Tree of liberty

Blue and yellow tank

Sometimes you need to water the tree of liberty/