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The tree of liberty adopted by the Union pour un mouvement populaire, a French political party of the center and right, thus appears on its logo. It is white between blue and red in the center of the logo, echoing the three colors of the French flag , and features an oak or apple tree , typical trees of the French terroir and "fetishes" of the ...
Lady Liberty Hong Kong; Libertas; Libertas Americana; Liberté (anthem) Liberté, égalité, fraternité; Liberty (personification) Liberty Bell; Liberty Bell (Oregon State Capitol) Liberty Bell (Portland, Oregon) Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences; Liberty dollar; Liberty dollar (private currency) Liberty Issue; Liberty Leading the People
Used as a symbol of the Free State Project in New Hampshire and libertarian ideas and movements in general. Raccoon – Whig Party [19] Red rose – Democratic Socialists of America; Red, white and blue cockade – Democratic-Republican Party; Star – Democratic Party (used on ballots in New York State) Statue of Liberty – Libertarian Party ...
Libertas was associated with the pileus, a cap commonly worn by freed slaves: [3]. Among the Romans the cap of felt was the emblem of liberty. When a slave obtained his freedom he had his head shaved, and wore instead of his hair an undyed pileus (πίλεον λευκόν, Diodorus Siculus Exc. Leg. 22 p625, ed. Wess.; Plaut.
The concept of liberty has frequently been represented by personifications, often loosely shown as a female classical goddess. [1] Examples include Marianne, the national personification of the French Republic and its values of Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité, and the female Liberty portrayed in artworks, on United States coins beginning in 1793, and many other depictions.
The Liberty Bell, previously called the State House Bell or Old State House Bell, is an iconic symbol of American independence located in Philadelphia. Originally placed in the steeple of Pennsylvania State House, now known as Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell today is located across the street from Independence Hall in the Liberty Bell Center in Independence National Historical Park.
A number of libertarian organizations have adopted the cuneiform glyph as a symbol claiming it is "the earliest-known written appearance of the word 'freedom' or 'liberty.'" [10] It is used as a logo by the Instituto Político para la Libertad of Peru, [11] the New Economic School – Georgia, [12] Libertarian publishing firm Liberty Fund, [13] and was the name and logo of the journal of the ...
The original cap of liberty was the Roman pileus, the felt cap of emancipated slaves of ancient Rome, which was an attribute of Libertas, the Roman goddess of liberty. In the 16th century, the Roman iconography of liberty was revived in emblem books and numismatic handbooks where the figure of Libertas is usually depicted with a pileus. [6]