Liberty Hat

Revive a symbol of Liberty.

Pileus - Cap of Freedom

I was admiring a pileated woodpecker in my backyard today. It wears a red liberty cap or "pileus," makes a loud noise, and cleans out the dead wood.

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Washington Irving

"Instead of the great tree that used to shelter the quiet little Dutch inn of yore, there now was reared a tall naked pole, with something on the top that looked like a red night-cap, and from it was fluttering a flag, on which was a singular assemblage of stars and stripes—all this was strange and incomprehensible".

Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving (1783–1859).