The Lancaster Liberty is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 professional basketball team based in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Lancaster is a city in the south-central part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is the county seat of Lancaster County and one of the older inland cities in the United States, . With a population of 59,322, it ranks eighth in population among Pennsylvania's cities...

. It is a charter member of the Global Professional Basketball League 2

Global Professional Basketball League 2

The Global Professional Basketball League 2, often abbreviated to the GPBL-2, is an American men's semi-professional minor league basketball organization which is a development league of fellow group the Global Professional Basketball League . Its inaugural season is set to tip off in April 2010,...

, which will play its inaugural season in April 2010. The Liberty will play its home games at the Horst Athletic Center, located on the campus of Lancaster Bible College

Lancaster Bible College

Lancaster Bible College is a private, coeducational Bible college and graduate school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania that "exists to educate Christian students to think and live a biblical worldview and to proclaim Christ by serving him in the Church and society."Traditional undergraduate students...

.

The "Liberty" name refers Lancaster's history, which includes the Second Continental Congress

Second Continental Congress

The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting on May 10, 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun. It succeeded the First Continental Congress, which met briefly during 1774,...

' designation of Lancaster as the national capital of the Thirteen Colonies

Thirteen Colonies

The Thirteen Colonies were English and later British colonies established on the Atlantic coast of North America between 1607 and 1733. They declared their independence in the American Revolution and formed the United States of America...

 for one day on September 27, 1777. The move to Lancaster was necessary after Philadelphia, the former capital, was captured by British forces. Lancaster's Soldiers and Sailors Monument

Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)

The Soldiers and Sailors Monument is a tall Gothic Revival memorial which stands in Penn Square in downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It was dedicated on July 4, 1874, at its present site on the Northeast intersection of King and Queen Streets. The monument's original intention was to pay tribute...

 stands on the exact spot where they met in the old Lancaster Courthouse, which later burned down in 1784.

Ownership

The Lancaster Liberty is owned by Jim and Vicki Haines. Vicki was formerly employed by the American Indoor Football League

American Indoor Football League

American Indoor Football is a professional indoor football league that has gone through various incarnations since 2005.The AIFL began as a regional league with six franchises on the East Coast of the United States in 2005; after a rapid, and largely failed, expansion effort in 2006, most of the...

 as well as the Pittsburgh RiverRats

Pittsburgh RiverRats

The Erie Explosion is a professional indoor football team. It is a member of the Ultimate Indoor Football League, and plays its home games at the Louis J. Tullio Arena in Erie, Pennsylvania.-History:...

. Jim is a 30-year veteran of the National Bearings Company and has worked with the Lancaster Lightning amateur league football team as its Director of Concessions.

Current roster

Lancaster Liberty roster
Active roster
Centers/Forwards Forwards Guards/Forwards		Guards Coach

External links

• Lancaster Liberty