westbranch
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Learning about the past... after the fact.
If monuments do not garner interest for the past, they wouldn't be targets. Monuments to some by name or statue may be readily passed by. To each his/her own. To others, they represent a grand view of valuable history.
There was some event that led to some group of progressives tearing down a statue back in the 1700s. Wish I could tell you more about it but statue is no longer standing so all related history is lost to the sands of time. Maybe those guys should have had a little more respect for their history.
The Statue of George III - Journal of the American Revolution
On the southern tip of Manhattan Island is a small oval area called Bowling Green. On this site on March 21, 1770 a statue, sculpted by Joseph Wilton, of King George III was erected. It was commissioned on June 23, 1766 by the New York General Assembly because of “the innumerable and singular...
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