<P> To call attention to how obscure the site had become, Kessler interviewed waitresses at the Essex Delicatessen below the plaque on Washington Street . None knew what the Liberty Tree was . "The Liberty Tree? That's a roast beef sandwich with a slice of Bermuda onion, Russian dressing, and a side of potato salad," said one waitress who had worked beneath the plaque for 20 years . </P> <P> Kessler persuaded then Massachusetts Governor John A. Volpe to visit the site . A photo of Volpe examining the plaque from a fire engine ladder appeared on page one of the 6 October 1966 edition of the Boston Herald . According to Kessler, Volpe promised to preserve the site in the form of a park with monuments, and "Edward J. Logue, the administrator of the Boston Redevelopment Authority, said the park would be a' handsome, open space' with grass, benches, plaques explaining the history of the tree, and' the largest elm tree that can be transported and is resistant to Dutch elm disease .'...That promise was never fulfilled ." Kessler explored the subject further and presented the entire history of the Liberty Tree in "America Must Remember Boston's Liberty Tree". </P> <P> In 1974, funding was approved for a small park at Washington and Essex, which at that time was part of an area known as the Combat Zone . Plans to plant trees there had to be scrapped because there were too many underground utilities . The Boston Redevelopment Authority ultimately placed a small bronze plaque in the sidewalk across the street from the bas relief plaque . The plaque bears the inscription "SONS OF LIBERTY, 1766; INDEPENDENCE of their COUNTRY, 1776 ." </P> <P> Boston's Old State House museum houses a remnant of the flag that flew above the Liberty Tree, and one of the original lanterns that were hung from the tree during the Stamp Act repeal celebration in 1766 . </P>

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