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may 21, 1766 - A Liberty Pole is erected in New York City commons in celebration of the Stamp Act repeal

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An intermittent skirmish with the British garrison over the removal of this and other poles, and their replacement by the Sons of Liberty, rages until the Province of New York is under the control of the revolutionary New York Provincial Congress in 1775.

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Date:

may 21, 1766
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~ 259 years ago