A serene moment amidst the changing seasons at Founder's Park on Hazel Dell Parkway this week. This park is quickly becoming one of my favorite 'de stressing' locations with walking paths, a small lake and plenty of colors this time of year. Sounds cliche but many of us often forget how incredible the park system has become in the last 15 years in Clay Township.
A newly planted Liberty Elm resides in Founder's Park along Hazel Dell Parkway and was named after the first American Liberty tree in Boston. In August of 1765 the first Liberty Elm was recognized in bean town as a rallying place for the colonial hatred of mother England's policies. It was the gathering place for America's first Sons of Liberty and countless rallies and speeches. As a last defiant act, British soldiers cut it down before leaving Boston in 1775 because it bore the name Liberty. Today, this newly planted tree stands in Carmel's Founder's Park as a testament to our early yearnings for freedom in the original colonies.
