Dublin Core
Title
Liberty Pole (Newark, NJ)
Date
1793-07-03
Contributor
Elena Koestel
Type
Site
Identifier
2544
Date Issued
1918-11-04
Extent
m x m x m
Medium
HMDBD
Spatial Coverage
current,40.737500,-74.170883;
Europeana
Country
United States
Europeana Data Provider
Liberty Pole (Newark, NJ)
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Liberty_Pole_(Newark,_NJ)
CINE only
true
Monument Type
Flagpole
Funded by
Schoolmen’s Club
Inscription
This Liberty Pole Dedicated Thanksgiving day, 1906
Stands on the site
of the original Liberty Pole
erected July 3, 1793.
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Military Park, first known as
“The Training Place,”
was set apart as
the town common in 1669.
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During the Civil War thousands of
men enlisted at the recruiting
tents set up in this park.
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Erected by
Schoolmen’s Club
assisted by the pupils of the Newark Public Schools
Newark Day, November 4, 1918.
State
New Jersey
County
Essex
Affiliation
Union
City
Newark
Location Type
City