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PHOTO BY MAX SCHULTE The Liberty Pole in down Rochester. When I was a kid, I lost a glove on the McCurdy s department store escalator downtown. I was maybe 9, and my mom was angry. We were late for our bus and I wouldn’t stop talking. We made it barely. As the bus pulled away from East Main and Franklin streets, I looked up at this giant pole, and wondered: What is that thing? Turns out, the concept for Rochester s Liberty Pole began thousands of years ago. The idea draws on concepts from the Roman Empire, including a liberty cap, according to University of Rochester classics professor Cameron Hawkins. The cap, said Hawkins, had a deeper meaning in the ancient world.