MHS: Politics at the Poles: Liberty Poles and the Popular Struggle for the New Republic

Date: 

Wednesday, November 8, 2017, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: 

1154 Boylston Street, Boston, MA

Massachusetts Historical Society Founded 1791

Shira Lurie, University of Virginia

This project examines conflicts over liberty poles in the 1790s. Liberty poles offered grassroots partisans a tangible symbol through which to channel debates about political participation, popular sovereignty, and dissent under the new Constitution.