Kansas City Liberty Tree Farewell 2025

Credit where it's due . . . A great many Kansas City residents actually took our advice and hugged the tree.

Take a look:  

The gathering was marked with a champagne and sparking cider toast, a celebration of life for Frank the Liberty Tree. 

 the burr oak tree is far from being any old tree. It's earned a special recognition from the Missouri Department of Conservation in 1976, in celebration of the United States bicentennial. This recognition dedicated the oak as a Liberty Tree.

The Liberty Tree recognition was given to trees alive before 1776, the year the U.S. was founded, according to the Missouri Conservationist . . . Frank the Liberty Tree will be cut down at the beginning of next year. 

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

'So beautiful': KC community hosts farewell celebration to historic 250+ year old tree

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