Listing courtesy of MLSPIN / Team Ladner / RE/MAX HarmonyĪs a licensed real estate brokerage, Estately has access to the same database professional Realtors use: the Multiple Listing Service (or MLS). Powderhouse Park and bike path are just a block away! First Showing will be at Commuter Open House on Thursday, 2/2 from 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM and Sunday, 2/5 from 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM. This quiet side street is just a short 6-minute walk to Davis Square, Davis Square T-stop (Red Line), and Tufts University with new (Green Line) T-stop. Other features include laundry room, private storage unit(#8), and bike storage in the basement. Both bedrooms are front facing and receive tons of natural light. The kitchen has been updated with beautiful new flooring, tile backsplash, and stainless appliances. Just as the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island proclaims American freedom, the Liberty Pole, in what would become Union Square, was the sign of freedom in Somerville.Prime location between Davis Square and Tufts! This move-in ready sun-filled 2 bedroom/1 bath corner unit inside a renovated 1930's school house features freshly refinished hardwood floors, new paint, large windows, high ceilings, a utility closet, and a spacious layout. Had the Americans been aware of this misunderstanding, their attack on the British would have been no less devastating, as their emotions were fueled by the reverence that the soldiers had for the Liberty Pole. In reality, the smoke that they saw was emanating from the debris of Concord’s Liberty Pole, which the British soldiers had cut up and set on fire. It is said that on April 19, 1775, the already enraged Minutemen approaching Concord believed the British had set fire to the town. The French wore the cap during the French Revolution in emulation of the American Revolutionary War.Ĭenturies after the Roman era, the idea was revived in the American colonies, where liberty poles were erected in many towns and villages in the interest of dissent from British rule. The Phrygian cap is also the official emblem of France. It can also be found on early American coins and on the state seals of New York, New Jersey, West Virginia and many more. Also known as the liberty cap, it can be found on the official seal of the United States Army and the United States Senate. The cap was not by any means new to history and was worn by slaves in the Roman era demanding their freedom. A Phrygian cap is a red-woven hat symbolic of protest. Upon completion of the pole raising, it was topped off with a device known as a Phrygian cap. This occurrence must have been especially meaningful to one of its most popular members, James (Jimmy) Williams, an African American who was a member of the department since 1846. The men of the original Somerville Engine Company No. This 1853 gesture signified the desire to revolt against oppression and the South’s assault on the rights African Americans. Liberty Poles were erected as a symbol of freedom. Just eight years earlier, in 1853, Somerville’s firefighters erected a flagpole there, giving it that name.Ī prelude to the Civil War, this act occurred during a tumultuous time, when the North was in staunch opposition to the institution of slavery. Union Square was re-named from Liberty Pole Square in 1861. The fact is that the location of Union Square and Liberty Pole Square are one and the same. If you asked the same individual how to get to Liberty Pole Square, however, chances are they would have no idea what to tell you. Most Somerville residents could quickly direct you to Union Square.
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