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Bowling Green and the toppled king
July 9, 1776
Bowling Green, Manhattan
Gigi alt · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
A crowd hearing the Declaration read pulled down the equestrian statue of George III and had the lead cast into some 42,000 musket balls. The fence they climbed still stands, minus the crowns sawn off its posts.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: documented spot
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