Coinjock in Currituck County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
American Liberty Anniversary Elm
Photographed by Brandon D Cross
1. American Liberty Anniversary Elm Marker
to commemorate the dedication of
Veterans Memorial Park
in the year 2003
The American Liberty Elm was named after The Liberty Tree. Our Countrys First Symbol of Freedom. On the morning of August 14, 1765 the people of Boston awakened to discover two effigies suspended from an elm tree in protest of the hated Stamp Act. From that day forward that elm became known as The Liberty Tree. For the next ten years it stood in silent witness to countless meetings, speeches and celebrations, and often served as the rallying place for the Sons of Liberty. In August of 1775 as a last act of violence prior to the evacuation of Boston, British soldiers cut it down because it bore the name Liberty.
Elm Research Institute
Keene, N.H. 03431
Erected 2003.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Notable Events • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical date for this entry is August 14, 1765.
Location. 36° 20.835′ N, 75° 57.073′ W. Memorial is in Coinjock, North Carolina, in Currituck County. It is on Coinjock Canal Road 0.2 miles north of Cromwell Drive. Marker located within the Currituck County Veterans Memorial Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 132 Coinjock Canal Road, Coinjock NC 27923, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in the Coastal Plain and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Tidewater. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers.
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Other markers no longer nearby. Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Maple Leaf (was approx. 5.4 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
Also see . . . Liberty Elm Tree. Excerpt:
The Sons of Liberty, formed more than a century later in 1765, and other protesters of British oppression, gathered under the sheltering branches of the Liberty Tree to organize opposition to the Crown. The Sons of Liberty grew in numbers and strength and as a symbol of resistance to oppression the settlers planted Elm trees all over New England. The 129-year-old Boston Liberty Tree was axed(Submitted on September 5, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)by the British in 1775 but the American elm tree as a symbol of freedom lived on with a population anxious to be rid of Crown rule.Photographed by Brandon D Cross2. American Liberty Anniversary Elm Marker
Photographed by Mark P Brock-Cancellieri, August 1, 2025
3. American Liberty Anniversary Elm Marker & stump of the tree
Credits. This page was last revised on August 5, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 5, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 350 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 5, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. 3. submitted on August 3, 2025, by Mark P. Brock-Cancellieri of Baltimore, Maryland. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.
