Poster, "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Debt!"

Description:

This poster, with a play on Patrick Henry’s famous words “give me liberty, or give me death,” was used at the Tea Party demonstration on Tax Day 2010 in Washington, D.C.

Date Made: 04-15-20102010-04-1540-15-2010Used Date: 2010-04-15

User: Tea Party Patriots Inc.Maker: Tea Party Patriots Inc.

Place Made: United StatesUsed: United States: District of Columbia, Washington

Used: Protest and Civil DisobedienceRelated Event: Tea Party March on Washington

Subject:

See more items in: Political and Military History: Political History, Reform Movements Collection, Government, Politics, and Reform, American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith

Exhibition: American Democracy

Exhibition Location: National Museum of American History

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2010.0068.04Catalog Number: 2010.0068.04Accession Number: 2010.0068

Object Name: poster

Physical Description: cardboard (overall material)paint (overall material)white (overall color)red (overall color)blue (overall color)Measurements: overall: 22 in x 28 in; 55.88 cm x 71.12 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-14ad-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1384321

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