For over a year now we’ve been getting together here under the Liberty Tree. I’ve appreciated the opportunity to share my thoughts with you about the important values that make America great: faith, family and freedom. I’m taking a break for now to focus on getting a bigger tree.

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I’m David Madeira and I’ll see you in a minute… Under the Liberty Tree.

The first Liberty Tree in Boston was so named in 1765 by the Sons of Liberty, a small group of private citizens not unlike today’s “Tea Party”. Among it’s notable members were Sam Adams, James Otis, Paul Revere and John Hancock.

As their numbers grew, the concept of the Liberty Tree did too. Soon nearly every colonial town had it’s own “secret” public gathering place, often identified by a red flag hoisted on a pole at the top of the tree. Those plotting to claim their God-given rights would gather under the Liberty Tree to discuss how to throw off the bonds of tyranny.

In 1775, loyalists cut down the original Liberty Tree and used it for firewood, but the fire they struck lit a flame of freedom that led to the Declaration of Independence and “We The People” became a “shining city on a hill“.

I’ll be taking a break from our daily meetings Under the Liberty Tree for now, not to retreat, but to reload. In the meantime, set up your own Liberty Tree, talk about freedom, and lets make 2012 the year that we reclaim government of, by, and for the people.

I’m David Madeira, and I hope to see you soon, Under The Liberty Tree.