| Location |
| East Ave and East Main Street, Rochester, NY 14604 |
The Liberty Pole The Liberty Pole is a well known steel sculpture located at the downtown intersection of East Avenue, East Main Street, and Franklin Street. This site has become a popular location for organized protest in our city, due to its symbolic significance. In many ways this serves as a disadvantage to protestors, as it allows them to be more easily pushed from relevant protest areas to this statue1.
It is the third liberty pole to have graced our city. The erection of this pole took place in 1965. The original was built in 1846, constructed from wood, and eventually toppled. A similar fate met its successor which was destroyed by a storm the day after Christmas in 1889.
The current pole was designed by local architect James H. Johnson.
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Usenet discussion relating to protestors assembling at the Liberty Pole, several miles away from the actual location of President George W Bush's recent visit.- 1This was the case when protestors speaking out against President George W Bush were not allowed anywhere near the actual site of his speech when he came to the area to discuss social security reform in 2005. Rather than contesting this, most protestors assembled effectively out of sight at the Liberty Pole.
