Protest Site The Liberty Pole This site has become a popular location for organized protest in our city, due to its symbolic significance. In many ways this serves as a disadvantage to protestors, as it allows them to be more easily pushed from relevant protest areas to this statue1. 2005 Usenet discussion about Bush Protest - protestors assembling at the Liberty Pole, several miles away from the actual location of President George W Bush's 2005 visit.
Music Festivals - have held a Wednesday Nights @ The Liberty Pole "... European-style street party dubbed Pole-A-Palooza..." 1This was the case when protestors speaking out against President George W Bush were not allowed anywhere near the actual site of his speech when he came to the area to discuss social security reform in 2005. Rather than contesting this, most protestors assembled effectively out of sight at the Liberty Pole.