in one sense, i see the daniel webster lane, the cornerstone for the senate chamber. i see massachusetts troops that came from baltimore during the american civil war in the same place where i sit every day in the united states senate. i see the american liberty elm at the foot of the steps of the united states senate. the american liberty elm whose roots are traced back to the boston common when the british chopped it down as their last act as they evacuated boston under the guns of general washington at dorchester heights. the artillery men knox, the deal was they would not burn boston and we would not think the fleet. they did chopped the american liberty elm down. homestead, who did the landscape, planted in american liberty elm at the foot of the united states senate. i invited a british ambassador up to explain why they chopped it down. massachusetts has had a part of the history. for me, it is a people's building. we are reminded every day, of the wonderful things and you go to the building and the senate floor, you are constantly rubbing shoulders with older p