Yeah this is the type of shit I think about when I remember I'm "an American" How did we allow our country to be so ravaged by politicians? We're part of a dying Era, a country that took in the weak and empowered them to build something on their own. Now we make everybody weak, including ourselves with an overzealous government, over regulation, and a war machine that only feeds on blood and death.
It's pretty savage however I would think it was probably the norm for the day. Any spare metal of the correct type was turned into musket balls or whatever was being used at the time. A statue being pretty much useless if you tear it down
In London there are railings that were made from WW2 stretchers; they literally welded these iron stretchers together. It was a quick solution to replace the railings that were removed and scrapped at the start of the war to produce weapons.
God it takes everything in me not to be ultra patriotic here as American, but that is objectively dope as hell, love my brothers in arms across the pond
Ive been to basically all the tourist stuff in New York and yet part of me wants to go back just to see that fence. I now want to see that more than any monument you can name .
Lived and traveled to Staten Island and always walked past that park getting off the #4 and never looked at the fence like that lol something new I learn everyday about this city
Something else largely unknown but in this same vein, if you google “Stadt Huys site” you’ll see some of the archaeological sites from New Amsterdam which have been uncovered (mid 1600s when the Dutch controlled NYC). Right around the corner from bowling green too. Fraunces tavern also another good one.
Im going to New York for the first time ever. Aside from places that I want to go because im a huge movie/TV fan, what else should i not miss?? History wise or food wise or anything...?
@@Hazzzy021 In my opinion take the ferry to Staten island and view the Statue of Liberty the way immigrants saw it. Going to the actual statue is overrated.
I remember the history and included it when I prepared the proposal & presentation for the city renovation of the Bowling Green Park in 2000. Good stuff.
@@pakratmiz4487lol, it hasn't rusted because metals were made denser and better back in the day, modern smelters use a process to fluff air into the metal and purposely mix in impurities, this allows for microscopic passages where condensation can accumulate and oxidize and the impurities are dissimilar metals which also speed up the oxidation process. And all these extra processes cost you more for a crappier product!
Did your tour guide tell you the bullet story, too? Because I'm a little confused about that. Bullets back then were solid lead & statues are made of bronze. It's a great story, either way! But if you have any insight... ty
This is easily the most interesting fence I have ever heard of. Thanks for that little piece of historical trivia. When I go to NYC, I'm going to this park to look at the fence.
@jwyatt521 Wow, you're truly missing the point. Many, more than not, are unaware of ALOT of historical sights n the story behind each sight, that they walk past &/or live next to. Peace be with us all 🙏. "Isa"
@@iZaeVideosHonestly, I’m sure we all have moments like that. The world is so steeped in history that it’s entirely possible that you just need to throw a stick with your eyes closed, and, wherever that stick lands, something interesting happened a long time ago. I mean, look at Paris, France. Every little street corner was the site of something historically important in that city😂
The United States of America has a very godly heritage. If you ever get to Boston visit Plymouth. There is a monument that stands 81 feet tall. It is called the monument to our founding fathers. This monument truly is the cornerstone after Jesus Christ of our nation. Bless the name of the Lord God, Almighty, who was is and is , and is to come.
@@joefox9765Sadly, my mind read that as “public shooting” and I thought you were making some kind of pun before I went back. I enjoyed this little history lesson which compliments my fine New England public school education.
😂 The British is why Americans have independence. America is still a relatively recent country, historically speaking. Your education should be a lot better in America.
There is a church in Norfolk, Virginia (Saint Pauls built in 1739) with a cannonball still embedded in a wall that was shot during the Revolutionary War. The cannonball was shot on Jan 1st 1775.
There's a house in Yorktown, VA that has a cannon ball still embedded in its wall from the Battle of Yorktown during the Revolutionary War that led to our winning independence.
@@karensharp8878 In both cases the cannon balls were placed in the walls later on when the brick was being repaired as a memorial to the Revolution. Both buildings were shot at and impacted but cannon balls don't tend to stick in brick walls.
The older bricks were larger and much sturdier than the ones today. For starters they didn't have holes in them. And they were quite larger than the solid red bricks of today @@tonymiller8826
Likewise, in Falmouth, MA (Cape Cod), there was a restaurant in a building that had a cannonball from a British warship that fired in anger during the War of 1812! The restaurant was named after the ship, it was called the “Nimrod.” It was torn down, unfortunately, in 2020.
@@eddiechervony7679 don't make it good, make it good enough. Then gradually redefine what "good enough" means. Profits before people. Billionaires need another yacht.
@@andyv4654Yeah. Let's blame the company that made the cheap fence. Not the people who chose to buy cheaper goods until quality businesses went out of service.
I was born and raised in NYC and never knew this. We have so much history here like this that gets overlooked. I appreciate you letting people know this.
That’s REALLY interesting! Central Park didn’t even exist at that time! It’s amazing that an iron fence could survive that long, especially in the acid city (coal and wood smoke produced a lot of acid). It is testimony to the durability of wrought iron (which has silicon distributed throughout it, inhibiting rust). I always look for remnants of the deep past, including NYC (though I haven’t done much there). Mostly, I look for old roads, dams, foundations and many little things that most people never notice. I like being aware of the passage of time…
Theres something called the literary walking tour of the village which takes you to all the gems hidden in plain sight. Remember in the movie Shaft where he meets a madia guy in a coffee shop??? You can see Louis May Alcotts house in the background.
@catladyfromky Yes, it's an incredible section. We used to live in the lower east side, the Bowery, off Delancy. There is a tenement museum now that shows some of the hidden historical artifacts still in plain sight.
I found Trinity Church where Alexander Hamilton is buried just walking around down by Wall and Broadway. My wife is a New York native and didn’t even know it was there. It was built in the 1600s and still hold services.
A New York native who doesn’t know trinity??? Shooot bro…sounds like an upstater…Trinity opened up and housed people during 9/11. Every real NYer knows Trinity.
That church was built in 1830 at the site of a previous church, the oldest church in Manhattan is Paul’s chapel which was around during the revolution and is a part of trinity church actually and I bet at one point you could see it from trinity.
@@marcoi99495 whenever we get up there, I love to take pictures of the old architecture. there’s some really neat stuff between the buildings in New York if you take the time to look around
I just read this today in Richard Ketchum's excellent "Divided Loyalties: How the American Revolution Came to New York." Over 40,000 bullets were made from the lead statute, except the head, which was sent to London.
Bowling Green is New York City’s oldest park. According to tradition, this spot served as the council ground for Native American tribes and was the site of the legendary sale of Manhattan to Peter Minuit in 1626. The Dutch called the area “the Plain” and used it for several purposes including a parade ground, meeting place, and cattle market. It marked the beginning of Heere Staat (High Street, now Broadway)-a trade route which extended north through Manhattan and the Bronx. In 1686, the site was designated as public property, when the City Charter put all “waste, vacant, unpatented and unappropriated lands” under municipal domain.
If you know where to look in downtown Atlanta, there is a gaslight and the side of a government building that still have the indentions from Union Canons
Ahh yeah, war crime canon damage. It's in a lot of places in the southeast actually. They destroyed Atlanta and columbia SC, and the visual remnants still exist, really did a lot of innocent civilians dirty...guess they felt it necessary to quell the south from regrouping. Dirty, but brilliant....and highly illegal nowadays.
This is really cool. A friend of mine used to look at old maps of our city. He would go out to places that used to be on the map and find the coolest stuff. Thanks for the memories Jimmy ❤ rest easy friend
Sounds like a cool and special friend. Always missed, never forgotten. That's how I pray I'm remembered, kinda like your friend Jimmy whom was just thought of by someone he never met thanks to your memory. Kinda cool if you think about it!! ✌️😁
Reminds me of some historical remnants you can see in Dublin, Ireland. There was a event in 1916 in Ireland called the Easter Rising. It was a small scale armed uprising against British rule in Dublin that is seen as the starting point of Ireland's modern independence movement. The rebels occupied a number of major buildings throughout the city, including the General Post Office on O'Connell Street which still stands to this day. The uprising was put down after only a few days, but if you visit the GPO you can still see the bullet holes from the Easter Rising fighting in the stone columns out front
Same with the Alamo, there are bullet holes all over the outer fence and buildings, the outer grounds are actually better than the tour of the shrine itself, not many realize that the entire area of downtown was a battleground at that time.
IRELAND, I think you should be preparing for another uprising, to RID YOUR COUNTRY OF ILLEGAL ALIENS and your Socialist government...Why do you keep voting these foreigners into office ????... FJB...
@@whiteglint7694 America lost its freedom in 1913. Things got worse since 1971. All wars are banker's wars. It's time to break free from their debt bondage
@@HT-gv1beAnd why did these countries get involved in the first place? Because they felt the revolutionaries could win the ground war and make it worth their while.
Yeah, an achievement that you were helped with by the French, Spanish and the Netherlands.😂 Americans always seem to leave that part out... They only helped you because they hated us too.
@@alexg1778 Our country was built and fostered by many different nationalities, and largely prospered because of that. It's no slight to us to have it pointed out that other countries contributed to our independence. We don't forget that; we just don't dwell on it, because it's a well-known and intrinsic aspect of our heritage. The fact that Britain pissed off its neighbors and didn't have the resources to choke us out at the same time that it was embroiled in more existential conflicts was a piece of luck that we can enjoy all the more when we hear grumbling from you, nearly 250 years later. :)
There's still a speakeasy that's been operating since the mid1920s. They haven't got the news that selling liquor is now legal. Wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't have a licence.
I love little details like this. There's a place on the lower level of the white house that shows burn marks from the War of 1812. I love to see little bits of history.
@@tylernathan7985The burn marks were discovered in 1990 during a renovation of the White House that removed about 30 layers of paint. The renovation was part of the preparations for the 1992 bicentennial of the White House cornerstone. What the burn marks look like The burn marks are visible on the Virginia sandstone blocks that make up the original walls of the White House.
For those of you who are curious, that foundry was in Litchfield, Connecticut. That king was George III. The statue was mostly lead. The tail from the horse is currently in the possession of the New-York Historical Society. A hand from the statue (tested to prove it's genuine) was found (in 1991) buried in someone's garden and sold at auction on 2019-NOV-04 for US$209,000. Pro-king residents of Wilton, CT stole the hand and several other bits to keep them from being turned into bullets. After the war, those residents fled to England, forgetting the hidden lead in their yards. Additionally, the Crown dispatched a spy to retrieve the head. He found the head and returned it to England. The revolutionaries had hammered a musket ball into the forehead. When Video Man said "the revolutionaries listening...", he's referring to exactly 40 dudes, a handful of which were soldiers. Also "marched" is a bit of a stretch because they waited several hours until nightfall.
I was always more interested in the Civil War because I knew 2 of my great-great grandfathers fought against each other in battles between Kansas and Missouri. I didn’t become interested in the Revolutionary War until I traced my genealogy further back and found out I had a famous general who served under Washington and another who crossed the Delaware with Washington. That’s when history became fascinating to me. I really wish they could use genealogy as a tool in teaching history, but there’d be too many issues with privacy regarding the students’ families.
@@robertmoffett3486Do a little research on what they find perfectly preserved in p00p. The underground mountains of sewage back-up are full of treaures...hey, 300 year old poop has gotta have some history, right?
Washington & his mighty patriot men kicked the last British soldiers out of NY! It’s funny the history is repeating itself only now our enemies are within. Almighty God, as you fought for the young Americans in 1776 please help us and fight for us today. Do not let America fall to the fascist communism from heaven, Almighty God.. in Jesus name amen.
@@BerzerkaDurk Not all American colonists were British, but many were. There were also Dutch, German, French, Scottish (yes, British by virtue of the failure of the most recent Jacobean uprising in the 1740s), Irish, even Greeks down in Florida, and so on.
LOVE that you are sharing this!! I hope tons of people watch this and go see the fence for themselves. Our history (humanity’s) is FASCINATING and I wish more people would look into it in order to understand how we got here (to modern day) and what lessons our past can teach us about what worked and more importantly, about what didn’t!!
Things like this are very interesting. In Finland you can still see bullet holes from our Civil War (1918) in the walls of many old buildings. Also, there is a brigde in Helsinki called Pitkäsilta ("the Long Bridge") which is very long (60 metres/190 feet) :D. That bridge was, and maybe for some people still is, a border between central Helsinki (where the rich people lived) and the eastern part of the city (where the poor workers lived). 100 years ago it was actually dangerous to cross the bridge. In the Civil War, the bridge was bombed by the Germans (allied with the White Finns) and there are still large holes in the bridge as it has never been repaired.
If only all history was taught this way. I dislike history because it's boring: read three chapters of a textbook, memorize meaningless names, dates, places, have a test on Friday.
@@naomisasse9484Yeah it's tragic, history itself is so important and fascinating but American public schools have turned it into boring trivia class and it's such a disservice to the public.
I've worked in NYC and have hung out by this fence more than once. I remember thinking how worn and old it looked, but nothing more. That's some rather awesome information excellently presented. Thank you so much.
@@wardy6224its a joke about how american conservatives dont like when people tear down statues of traitorous slave owning secessionists because "how would we remember our history unless we have monuments built to our enemies". Its a very dumb talking point
What a fantastic video! I’m a huge American history nerd and love the history of our Revolution especially. I’m 25 min away from NYC. Def gonna head downtown and check this out next time. Thanks!
i lived in East Setauket on long island. There is a church steeple that has bullet holes from the revolution. It was cool to see Setauket featured in that AMC series about the Washington spy network
Just curious - so were the bullets made of iron? Or was the statue made of lead? Usually a forge would heat up metal and hammer it into a shape, a foundry would melt metal for casting (like you would cast bullets)
I love vids like this that refresh our history in the minds of those who forgot our history or were never taught. 🙏✝️❤️🇺🇸👍 I'm almost 70 and still learning. The good, the bad and the ugly. Also the beautiful!
First of all, that’s a pretty awesome story and interesting history. Thank you for sharing that. The second that I really love is the fact that these walls these disagreements that the British Americans and others who used to be a part of the British empire were able to remain allies and develop strong friendships as separate entries and countries but drawn together by shed history, values and ideals. As Australian, I feel the same about the British. I think some of the strongest countries are in the world are countries that have a shared past even if at times it was full of conflict.
Australia and America are like brother and sister: Lady Liberty and Little Boy Manly. Britain is our (shared) abusive/alcoholic mother who still thinks she's in charge even though she's retired and we've all moved out (metaphorically). I think Britain's time has passed. There will be no resurgence for them, but Australia, America, Canada, India, New Zealand, and all her other children still have legs to run.
Wasn’t initially like that, the British tried taking over again in 1812 and later they realized they weren’t going to get the new nation to submit anytime soon so they both focused on expanding their nations elsewhere and left the other alone. The US even established a rule in 1823 which still holds today, the ‘Monroe doctrine’ that warns any European nation to not attempt to get into the affairs anywhere in the Americas the continent, viewing it as as a direct hostile act against the US. That’s a huge reason Europe didn’t find it too enticing to colonize the Americas again from then on.
The US and the UK allies for strategic reasons first and over time helped fix any bad blood. That’s what happens when you get replaced as a super power.
@@liljs4189You’re aware that the US initiated the war of 1812 after Royal Navy were pressing American sailors into their ranks. It started with a mass attempt to invade Canada by US troops which failed miserably. The Battle of New Orleans which is regularly cited by Americans happened after the peace accord was signed so I don’t really understand that flex, but ultimately the British did not intend to take American soil from the US. That’s fundamentally untrue.
@@liljs4189 That is utter nonsense, is that what they teach you in schools about the war of 1812? You do know you can easily find the truth on the internet don'cha? YOU guys wanted to annex our Canadian colonies "as a favour to Canadians" and those Canadians, without even having to consult us, said "No fucking chance, Kenneth!" Then they marched into your country and burned down the White House to make sure you got the message. LMAO
During WW2 all metal railings were removed to make weapons , they were also not replaced. Stubs of steel and cast iron appear in every village , town ,and city , a forgotten national monument in the UK.
Me too! I adore the history of our fair city. We may not have turned out to be the largest city in the Americas, but we were arguably the most influential to starting what became the USA.
Not iconic. Why does everyone say things are iconic recently? And why does every movie have someone say “you got this” or “I got this”….most annoying phrase ever. Start noticing it and you can’t watch movies made after 2005 anymore. It’s too annoying. Stop over-using that word incorrectly, please?
There’s also the old stone house of Brooklyn which is a reconstruction of a 1776 house, which was destroyed in the 1800, but now it’s a museum with various artifacts of the time.
Wow, if you look at that old map, see how much less land there was before they did land reclamation and created the site for the WTC and Battery Park City. The water was practically right at Bowling Green.
The same goes for the east side. Pearl Street was underwater. It was filled with ballast from British ships coming from Halifax unladen to pick up cargo from NY. The fill included lots of oyster shells, hence the name, or so legend says
@@robertmoffett3486 That seems a bit silly - why not instead bring stuff from England worth selling over here, so you make money off both legs of the trip?
One of my great great great grandfathers served under Captain Goodyear in the defense of NYC. After the battle Captain Goodyear presented him with a knife that was engraved specifically for him.
The king wasn't a historical figure, and it wasn't a statue off any cultural significance, unlike the ones the antiamerican terrorist sympathizers tore down.
Pretty cool historical tidbit right there...lol. i think its crazy just how often we actually overlook things like this. Most people probably walk by that fence for half their lives and never knew anything about it
Umm... I cast my own muzzle loading bullets. I only use lead or soft composites. Im guessing that was iron or maybe bronze, not good for bullets of the time. Maybe cannon shot?
This fence and the pieces broken off the tops of the posts during the revolution figure in part of the plot of a modern book, City of Dreams, by William Martin.
This might be a family thing, as the internet refuses to acknowledge it, but as an upstate NYer, theres a local lane colloquially known as Bowling green just outside of Albany NY. Relatively irrelevant, but all the same, very fascinating to learn the history behind the name.
I used to work at 26 Broadway, right across the street from Bowling Green Park. The plaque there says that the “emblems” referred in this video were actually cast iron crowns. These were lopped off by the colonists and destroyed. The stubs are indeed still there. The park and the cast iron fence are both landmarks today.
A couple of inaccuracies here. Bullets had not been invented yet, the lead was used to for musket balls.. Also, the King George statue did not "represent the British Regime." The statue was a direct expression of gratitude from the New York Assembly for what was seen as King George's help in repealing the Stamp Act.
Maybe you don't understand that a bullet is just one component in a modern cartridge. "The name Bullet originates from the English language and its etymology is closely tied to its meaning a firearm projectile. The term bullet first appeared in the late 16th century, derived from the French word boullette, meaning a small ball. This term was commonly used to refer to a small leaden projectile shot from firearms during the Renaissance period. "
Well obviously, you only become a freedom fighter if you win. Look at the US civil war, that was basically another revolution where a group wanted to break away, the only difference between that and 1776 is the revolutionaries were defeated and are now remembered as enemies by those they sought independence from. I've always thought it odd that Americans called it a civil war, typically a civil war is fought between rival factions vying for power while 1861 was a failed war of independence.
Tearing down a statue to turn into bullets to shoot at your enemies is the biggest flex I have ever heard 💪
It’s not that much of a deal
Welcome to America. Our history is just one big fictional sci Fi movie😂
Yeah this is the type of shit I think about when I remember I'm "an American"
How did we allow our country to be so ravaged by politicians?
We're part of a dying Era, a country that took in the weak and empowered them to build something on their own.
Now we make everybody weak, including ourselves with an overzealous government, over regulation, and a war machine that only feeds on blood and death.
It's pretty savage however I would think it was probably the norm for the day. Any spare metal of the correct type was turned into musket balls or whatever was being used at the time. A statue being pretty much useless if you tear it down
Bullets were made of lead, was the statue made of lead?
How polite!
They removed the statue, disassembled it for easier transport, and sent it back to the British with express shipping!
"Express shipping". 😂🇬🇧🖖✌️
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Haha
And the Britts say we aren't "proper" 😒 I'd say we properly gave your stuff back 🤣
Only a dumbass would use bronze and not lead. Probably did away with more of their own than their enemy what with all the blocked barrels.
In London there are railings that were made from WW2 stretchers; they literally welded these iron stretchers together. It was a quick solution to replace the railings that were removed and scrapped at the start of the war to produce weapons.
i was thinking about that after hearing the first sentance
LITERALLY ME TOO. 😂@@luft..
God it takes everything in me not to be ultra patriotic here as American, but that is objectively dope as hell, love my brothers in arms across the pond
Not as cool as this story
Ive been to basically all the tourist stuff in New York and yet part of me wants to go back just to see that fence. I now want to see that more than any monument you can name .
For sure! That's a great story!
Lived and traveled to Staten Island and always walked past that park getting off the #4 and never looked at the fence like that lol something new I learn everyday about this city
Something else largely unknown but in this same vein, if you google “Stadt Huys site” you’ll see some of the archaeological sites from New Amsterdam which have been uncovered (mid 1600s when the Dutch controlled NYC). Right around the corner from bowling green too. Fraunces tavern also another good one.
Im going to New York for the first time ever. Aside from places that I want to go because im a huge movie/TV fan, what else should i not miss?? History wise or food wise or anything...?
@@Hazzzy021 In my opinion take the ferry to Staten island and view the Statue of Liberty the way immigrants saw it. Going to the actual statue is overrated.
Whoever built that fence is perhaps the greatest fence builder of all time.
Eh, I'm on the fence about it.
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bro theres stuff like this even way older all around Europe. America and its infrastructure is actually very young
@@fjkfkfkf bro were talking about america not fucking europe and this had nothing to do with infrastructure so pipe down
@@The17th_Jedi sorry kid, but yes it was. Read the comment again. You’re obviously very young
That fence is 248 years old, thats the most impressive park
fr, i’m more impressed by the fact that it hasn’t gotten neglected to the point of rusting in all that time
Here I am looking at replacing my 6 year old fence.
I remember the history and included it when I prepared the proposal & presentation for the city renovation of the Bowling Green Park in 2000. Good stuff.
Where in gta4 is thiss?? Is this raeal?
@@pakratmiz4487lol, it hasn't rusted because metals were made denser and better back in the day, modern smelters use a process to fluff air into the metal and purposely mix in impurities, this allows for microscopic passages where condensation can accumulate and oxidize and the impurities are dissimilar metals which also speed up the oxidation process. And all these extra processes cost you more for a crappier product!
I've only been to New York once for a school trip, luckily our tour guide actually showed us this, it's pretty cool!
Lucky you. I live here. I’ve been to this park many times. I’ve never noticed it.
Did your tour guide tell you the bullet story, too? Because I'm a little confused about that. Bullets back then were solid lead & statues are made of bronze.
It's a great story, either way! But if you have any insight... ty
@@favoritemustard3542 The statue was made from lead
This is easily the most interesting fence I have ever heard of. Thanks for that little piece of historical trivia. When I go to NYC, I'm going to this park to look at the fence.
What’s more interesting is I walk past this fence literally every day and had no idea LOL
@@iZaeVideos The fact you walk by it every day is "more interesting" then the fence itself? GTFO
@jwyatt521 Wow, you're truly missing the point. Many, more than not, are unaware of ALOT of historical sights n the story behind each sight, that they walk past &/or live next to. Peace be with us all 🙏. "Isa"
@@iZaeVideosHonestly, I’m sure we all have moments like that. The world is so steeped in history that it’s entirely possible that you just need to throw a stick with your eyes closed, and, wherever that stick lands, something interesting happened a long time ago. I mean, look at Paris, France. Every little street corner was the site of something historically important in that city😂
@@AcresOfHeartCalm yourself
I love this type and depth of historical facts.
The United States of America has a very godly heritage. If you ever get to Boston visit Plymouth. There is a monument that stands 81 feet tall. It is called the monument to our founding fathers. This monument truly is the cornerstone after Jesus Christ of our nation. Bless the name of the Lord God, Almighty, who was is and is , and is to come.
Public schooling is just loaded with knowledge
@@joefox9765Sadly, my mind read that as “public shooting” and I thought you were making some kind of pun before I went back. I enjoyed this little history lesson which compliments my fine New England public school education.
😂 The British is why Americans have independence. America is still a relatively recent country, historically speaking. Your education should be a lot better in America.
BOWLING GREEN IS A SUBWAY STOP
That fence has held up really well.
Damn straight- they built to last. Not anymore
I wonder were it was forged
British fence. None of this cheap American fence rubbish. Good old England. 🏴
(Just a joke)
@@adam_p99 All hail the king. Poor bloke was melted into bullets.
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(Joke pt. 2)
@@adam_p99 held up better than their colonies did that’s for sure…
I’m a Brit and the ‘statue turned to bullets ‘ story is amazing
There is a church in Norfolk, Virginia (Saint Pauls built in 1739) with a cannonball still embedded in a wall that was shot during the Revolutionary War. The cannonball was shot on Jan 1st 1775.
There's a house in Yorktown, VA that has a cannon ball still embedded in its wall from the Battle of Yorktown during the Revolutionary War that led to our winning independence.
@@karensharp8878 In both cases the cannon balls were placed in the walls later on when the brick was being repaired as a memorial to the Revolution. Both buildings were shot at and impacted but cannon balls don't tend to stick in brick walls.
The older bricks were larger and much sturdier than the ones today. For starters they didn't have holes in them. And they were quite larger than the solid red bricks of today @@tonymiller8826
Likewise, in Falmouth, MA (Cape Cod), there was a restaurant in a building that had a cannonball from a British warship that fired in anger during the War of 1812! The restaurant was named after the ship, it was called the “Nimrod.” It was torn down, unfortunately, in 2020.
First ever new years ball drop 😂
It’s crazy how a fence put up around 300 years ago is still standing when the fence in front of my apartment is rotting out after 20
Youre most likely comparing a junk hollow steel fence to a wrought iron fence….yet you’re surprised ??
@@joe4171 no I’m not surprised I’m saying it’s crazy how bad the stuff we use today
@@eddiechervony7679 don't make it good, make it good enough. Then gradually redefine what "good enough" means. Profits before people. Billionaires need another yacht.
@@andyv4654Yeah. Let's blame the company that made the cheap fence. Not the people who chose to buy cheaper goods until quality businesses went out of service.
English steel mate 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
I was born and raised in NYC and never knew this. We have so much history here like this that gets overlooked. I appreciate you letting people know this.
My wife grew up in Long Island and did know about any of the historic sites in lower manhattan
Same here!
It's not that much history lol
Laughs in European
@@floriskoning8078 don’t laugh _too_ hard do you have a license for that joke?
That’s REALLY interesting! Central Park didn’t even exist at that time! It’s amazing that an iron fence could survive that long, especially in the acid city (coal and wood smoke produced a lot of acid). It is testimony to the durability of wrought iron (which has silicon distributed throughout it, inhibiting rust). I always look for remnants of the deep past, including NYC (though I haven’t done much there). Mostly, I look for old roads, dams, foundations and many little things that most people never notice. I like being aware of the passage of time…
Was it the Delhi pillar in India an Iron pillar over 1000 years old.
Accidentally stumbled across this when my brother and I were in NYC years ago. All kinds of hidden gems in that city.
I absolutely love the original NYC - below Houston. It is so full of history.
Lots of criminals, rats, crazy people, illegal immigrants, drugs, violence. It's a dump now. A heaping dump.
Theres something called the literary walking tour of the village which takes you to all the gems hidden in plain sight. Remember in the movie Shaft where he meets a madia guy in a coffee shop??? You can see Louis May Alcotts house in the background.
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Her first name was Louisa.
@catladyfromky
Yes, it's an incredible section. We used to live in the lower east side, the Bowery, off Delancy. There is a tenement museum now that shows some of the hidden historical artifacts still in plain sight.
I found Trinity Church where Alexander Hamilton is buried just walking around down by Wall and Broadway. My wife is a New York native and didn’t even know it was there. It was built in the 1600s and still hold services.
Wasnt that building in The National Treasure 😂
A New York native who doesn’t know trinity??? Shooot bro…sounds like an upstater…Trinity opened up and housed people during 9/11. Every real NYer knows Trinity.
@@MrStapleduck she was already in Georgia by 9/11 but she is a Long Island native. Smithtown.
That church was built in 1830 at the site of a previous church, the oldest church in Manhattan is Paul’s chapel which was around during the revolution and is a part of trinity church actually and I bet at one point you could see it from trinity.
@@marcoi99495 whenever we get up there, I love to take pictures of the old architecture. there’s some really neat stuff between the buildings in New York if you take the time to look around
I just read this today in Richard Ketchum's excellent "Divided Loyalties: How the American Revolution Came to New York." Over 40,000 bullets were made from the lead statute, except the head, which was sent to London.
Like in the Godfather? they put the horse head in the Kings Bed! Thats where that scene came from? just kiddin
They were not playing around.
I hope they at least drew on a mustache and spectacles before sending it!
That’s so American 🇺🇸 🔫😎
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Bowling Green is New York City’s oldest park. According to tradition, this spot served as the council ground for Native American tribes and was the site of the legendary sale of Manhattan to Peter Minuit in 1626. The Dutch called the area “the Plain” and used it for several purposes including a parade ground, meeting place, and cattle market. It marked the beginning of Heere Staat (High Street, now Broadway)-a trade route which extended north through Manhattan and the Bronx. In 1686, the site was designated as public property, when the City Charter put all “waste, vacant, unpatented and unappropriated lands” under municipal domain.
thats wild, its not too far from where the halloween parade starts
If you know where to look in downtown Atlanta, there is a gaslight and the side of a government building that still have the indentions from Union Canons
I’m going to Atlanta next week, I’ll have to look for that
Ahh yeah, war crime canon damage. It's in a lot of places in the southeast actually. They destroyed Atlanta and columbia SC, and the visual remnants still exist, really did a lot of innocent civilians dirty...guess they felt it necessary to quell the south from regrouping. Dirty, but brilliant....and highly illegal nowadays.
Where is it? I’ve lived in the metro area for years and had no idea.
The statehouse in Columbia, SC has preserved cannon damage as well.
Where in ATL? That's fascinating !!
My 8th G-Grandfather helped build and donate to that very fence/park before it was NYC. He owned The Atlantic Gardens. Capt Martin Krieger
That’s cool!
Wow! How awesome!
Wow! That's cool!
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Whoa.
This is really cool. A friend of mine used to look at old maps of our city. He would go out to places that used to be on the map and find the coolest stuff. Thanks for the memories Jimmy ❤ rest easy friend
Sounds like a cool and special friend. Always missed, never forgotten. That's how I pray I'm remembered, kinda like your friend Jimmy whom was just thought of by someone he never met thanks to your memory. Kinda cool if you think about it!! ✌️😁
I've been thinking about this comment for the last few days. So thoughtful! Some people just get it you know? Thank You
I've been to this area dozens of times. Never heard this story. Will have to pay closer attention next visit. Thanks. Great share.
"Uno Reverse Card" -George Washington
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Domain Expansion: *Infinite Teeth*
Wtf 🤣💀🤣
@Atleast5characters The Colonists used The Kings' Statue For Bullets to use against the British. Therefore. Unopened reverse card.
Bunch of felons like DJT
Reminds me of some historical remnants you can see in Dublin, Ireland.
There was a event in 1916 in Ireland called the Easter Rising. It was a small scale armed uprising against British rule in Dublin that is seen as the starting point of Ireland's modern independence movement. The rebels occupied a number of major buildings throughout the city, including the General Post Office on O'Connell Street which still stands to this day. The uprising was put down after only a few days, but if you visit the GPO you can still see the bullet holes from the Easter Rising fighting in the stone columns out front
Very cool, I'd love to see and hear more. Thanks❤
Same with the Alamo, there are bullet holes all over the outer fence and buildings, the outer grounds are actually better than the tour of the shrine itself, not many realize that the entire area of downtown was a battleground at that time.
IRELAND, I think you should be preparing for another uprising, to RID YOUR COUNTRY OF ILLEGAL ALIENS and your Socialist government...Why do you keep voting these foreigners into office ????... FJB...
And to think dublin counsel thought the spire would be more "attractive" to tourists smh
It wasn’t a “small” uprising.
Making bullets from your enemies, of your enemies, is a new level of petty I didn't know I could aspire to.
That ain't petty it's common sense 🤦
It’s called revolution! Fighting for freedom is not petty!
I don’t understand what your aaying
@@Kenny-o6iis it still freedom when our own government today is more tyrannical than that of england back then?
@@whiteglint7694 America lost its freedom in 1913. Things got worse since 1971. All wars are banker's wars. It's time to break free from their debt bondage
Making his statue into bullets is so fucking badass
They converted that sculpture into ammo which they used to defeat the people who it originally belonged to
We assumed they would want it back.
All the heavy work was done by the French and Netherlands
@@HT-gv1beand the Spanish
They converted that sculpture into ammo which they used to defeat the people they once were.
@@HT-gv1beAnd why did these countries get involved in the first place? Because they felt the revolutionaries could win the ground war and make it worth their while.
Leave it to NYC to leave a fence broken for over 200 years.
It's New York. If they fix the fence people will notice it and find out about people standing up for themselves. The Libs don't like that.
Good, that fence has held up so well for over 200 years
Underrated comment💀💀
I cackled -- thanks for the laugh.
Leaving it in that original damaged state makes it a far superior fence that's lasted almost 300 yrs is evidence that proves it
Crazy how something so insignificant and overlooked can actually be a symbolic remnant of one of our greatest achievements as a country.
Yeah, an achievement that you were helped with by the French, Spanish and the Netherlands.😂 Americans always seem to leave that part out...
They only helped you because they hated us too.
@@alexg1778 sore loser says what?
@@alexg1778 must be really hard growing up in a country who’s list of greatest achievements include a museum full of stolen cultural artifacts.
@@alexg1778 Our country was built and fostered by many different nationalities, and largely prospered because of that. It's no slight to us to have it pointed out that other countries contributed to our independence. We don't forget that; we just don't dwell on it, because it's a well-known and intrinsic aspect of our heritage. The fact that Britain pissed off its neighbors and didn't have the resources to choke us out at the same time that it was embroiled in more existential conflicts was a piece of luck that we can enjoy all the more when we hear grumbling from you, nearly 250 years later. :)
@@45CaliberCure thank you! I tried replying to this dude like 3 times and RUclips kept deleting it 😂
Taking down a statue of your enemy and then turning it into bullets to shoot at the same enemy is the most American thing ever.
Crazy how things can get overlooked / not cared about by the public or even the local governments and municipalities over hundreds of years
There's still a speakeasy that's been operating since the mid1920s. They haven't got the news that selling liquor is now legal. Wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't have a licence.
I love little details like this. There's a place on the lower level of the white house that shows burn marks from the War of 1812. I love to see little bits of history.
Bullshit
@@tylernathan7985The burn marks were discovered in 1990 during a renovation of the White House that removed about 30 layers of paint. The renovation was part of the preparations for the 1992 bicentennial of the White House cornerstone.
What the burn marks look like
The burn marks are visible on the Virginia sandstone blocks that make up the original walls of the White House.
For those of you who are curious, that foundry was in Litchfield, Connecticut. That king was George III. The statue was mostly lead. The tail from the horse is currently in the possession of the New-York Historical Society. A hand from the statue (tested to prove it's genuine) was found (in 1991) buried in someone's garden and sold at auction on 2019-NOV-04 for US$209,000.
Pro-king residents of Wilton, CT stole the hand and several other bits to keep them from being turned into bullets. After the war, those residents fled to England, forgetting the hidden lead in their yards.
Additionally, the Crown dispatched a spy to retrieve the head. He found the head and returned it to England. The revolutionaries had hammered a musket ball into the forehead.
When Video Man said "the revolutionaries listening...", he's referring to exactly 40 dudes, a handful of which were soldiers. Also "marched" is a bit of a stretch because they waited several hours until nightfall.
Using the metal from the statue as bullets is a baller move
They had a feeling of what was going to come their way. The Revolutionary war lasted 8 years (double the time of WW2) and many people died.
American Revolutionary War history is easily some of my favorite history to hear about and learn. Maybe my favorite tbh
That’s because it’s one of the greatest stories ever told. Also, it’s 💯percent true
I was always more interested in the Civil War because I knew 2 of my great-great grandfathers fought against each other in battles between Kansas and Missouri. I didn’t become interested in the Revolutionary War until I traced my genealogy further back and found out I had a famous general who served under Washington and another who crossed the Delaware with Washington. That’s when history became fascinating to me. I really wish they could use genealogy as a tool in teaching history, but there’d be too many issues with privacy regarding the students’ families.
*favourite, damn yank
Speaking of history, the last Cowboys Super Bowl appearance might as well be labeled a historical event! 😂
@@hidaven2006 lmao
It’s still crazy to think majority of manhattan they find old ships when digging into the ground
They used them to make it lol. That island wasn't as big as it is now 400yr ago.
Majority? No. In landfill downtown, yes, some. None restorable, unfortunately
Wow! 😮
@@robertmoffett3486Do a little research on what they find perfectly preserved in p00p. The underground mountains of sewage back-up are full of treaures...hey, 300 year old poop has gotta have some history, right?
@@robertmoffett3486 it’s still fucking amazing though that it was built by sinking ships and using them as a foundation
This must be that Bowling Green massacre I keep hearing about
😂😂😂 I came here looking for this comment.
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Alternative facts folks 😂
Pulling down a gilded stone statue without machinery, using just ropes and muscle, is seriously impressive.
Its quite possible the fence was made in a British iron foundry
Washington & his mighty patriot men kicked the last British soldiers out of NY! It’s funny the history is repeating itself only now our enemies are within. Almighty God, as you fought for the young Americans in 1776 please help us and fight for us today. Do not let America fall to the fascist communism from heaven, Almighty God.. in Jesus name amen.
Well, seeing as all of the American colonists were British prior to the signing of the Declaration, that seems highly likely.
@@BerzerkaDurk Not all American colonists were British, but many were. There were also Dutch, German, French, Scottish (yes, British by virtue of the failure of the most recent Jacobean uprising in the 1740s), Irish, even Greeks down in Florida, and so on.
I find it highly unlikely that this fence has not rusted away by now if it were prerevolution
It won't rust ...British made!
LOVE that you are sharing this!! I hope tons of people watch this and go see the fence for themselves. Our history (humanity’s) is FASCINATING and I wish more people would look into it in order to understand how we got here (to modern day) and what lessons our past can teach us about what worked and more importantly, about what didn’t!!
Things like this are very interesting. In Finland you can still see bullet holes from our Civil War (1918) in the walls of many old buildings. Also, there is a brigde in Helsinki called Pitkäsilta ("the Long Bridge") which is very long (60 metres/190 feet) :D. That bridge was, and maybe for some people still is, a border between central Helsinki (where the rich people lived) and the eastern part of the city (where the poor workers lived). 100 years ago it was actually dangerous to cross the bridge. In the Civil War, the bridge was bombed by the Germans (allied with the White Finns) and there are still large holes in the bridge as it has never been repaired.
I'm beyond amazed that a fence has stood in the same place since the Declaration of Independence....
the fact that they made ammo from the statue is remarkable
They got a feeling of what was going to come their way.
This deserves to go viral.
This is why I love tour guiding, pointing out something that looks mundane but has a hardcore history.
THAT is such a cool detail to know! For the first time in a while, one of these shorts was worthwhile.
For a second I thought the map from GTA 4
Same
Crazy they built a whole city after a game
@@Mustacheman17at least they picked a good one to copy
Same lol
Using a statue of you enemies to fight them is tuff as shit🔥🗣️
Wow....I lived not too far away from there in Staten Island. I used to go past that park everyday when I got off the ferry. I never know any of that.
Destroying a statue of a British monarch and breaking it apart to smelt bullets is the most American thing I've ever heard.
That’s why I love history
If only all history was taught this way. I dislike history because it's boring: read three chapters of a textbook, memorize meaningless names, dates, places, have a test on Friday.
@@naomisasse9484Yeah it's tragic, history itself is so important and fascinating but American public schools have turned it into boring trivia class and it's such a disservice to the public.
Looks like the gta 4 map.
I scrolled to find out if I was the only one that got the flashback
We liberty city is basically new york city lol
They actually built NYC based off of Liberty City, which is actually pretty neat. Goes to show the influence video games have on real life
Algonquin is based on Manhattan. Obviously
yeah, I wonder why detective!
I thought this was the GTA IV map 💀
It is in a way
The R* North developers did a great job making Algonquin look incredibly close to Manhattan.
Same
I've worked in NYC and have hung out by this fence more than once. I remember thinking how worn and old it looked, but nothing more. That's some rather awesome information excellently presented. Thank you so much.
Crazy… they tore down a statue of King George and now nobody knows who King George is.
If you’re American I wouldn’t blame you for not knowing, your school system is infamous..
@@wardy6224its a joke about how american conservatives dont like when people tear down statues of traitorous slave owning secessionists because "how would we remember our history unless we have monuments built to our enemies". Its a very dumb talking point
@@kurtacus3581L take right there. True ignorance on display.
It's almost like you are willfully stupid or something.
For real.
What a fantastic video! I’m a huge American history nerd and love the history of our Revolution especially. I’m 25 min away from NYC. Def gonna head downtown and check this out next time. Thanks!
Hate them
>american history nerd
>oblivious to an important symbolic location just 25m away
typical
@@LolLol-vk4rg what you on about?
What the hell is wrong with Europeans?
Can yall not be racist for 10 seconds?
Coming from a European
@@LolLol-vk4rg are you ok man?
Not me thinking this was gta4 map
Dude turning the statue into bullets its fucking raw
i lived in East Setauket on long island. There is a church steeple that has bullet holes from the revolution. It was cool to see Setauket featured in that AMC series about the Washington spy network
I lived there at one time when I was younger, and there is so much history regarding the spy network that operated there.
The forge was in my hometown, Litchfield. I volunteered there as an archivist and they still have some of the musket balls that were from that statue.
This is awesome! ❤it! Thank you for sharing!
Just curious - so were the bullets made of iron? Or was the statue made of lead? Usually a forge would heat up metal and hammer it into a shape, a foundry would melt metal for casting (like you would cast bullets)
@@lights_camera_coffee Gilded lead.
That's some cool trivia. Well done.
I love the fact that they made bullets from the statue.Those were real men on a friggin mission.
I love vids like this that refresh our history in the minds of those who forgot our history or were never taught. 🙏✝️❤️🇺🇸👍
I'm almost 70 and still learning. The good, the bad and the ugly. Also the beautiful!
First of all, that’s a pretty awesome story and interesting history. Thank you for sharing that.
The second that I really love is the fact that these walls these disagreements that the British Americans and others who used to be a part of the British empire were able to remain allies and develop strong friendships as separate entries and countries but drawn together by shed history, values and ideals. As Australian, I feel the same about the British. I think some of the strongest countries are in the world are countries that have a shared past even if at times it was full of conflict.
Australia and America are like brother and sister: Lady Liberty and Little Boy Manly.
Britain is our (shared) abusive/alcoholic mother who still thinks she's in charge even though she's retired and we've all moved out (metaphorically).
I think Britain's time has passed. There will be no resurgence for them, but Australia, America, Canada, India, New Zealand, and all her other children still have legs to run.
Wasn’t initially like that, the British tried taking over again in 1812 and later they realized they weren’t going to get the new nation to submit anytime soon so they both focused on expanding their nations elsewhere and left the other alone.
The US even established a rule in 1823 which still holds today, the ‘Monroe doctrine’ that warns any European nation to not attempt to get into the affairs anywhere in the Americas the continent, viewing it as as a direct hostile act against the US. That’s a huge reason Europe didn’t find it too enticing to colonize the Americas again from then on.
The US and the UK allies for strategic reasons first and over time helped fix any bad blood. That’s what happens when you get replaced as a super power.
@@liljs4189You’re aware that the US initiated the war of 1812 after Royal Navy were pressing American sailors into their ranks. It started with a mass attempt to invade Canada by US troops which failed miserably. The Battle of New Orleans which is regularly cited by Americans happened after the peace accord was signed so I don’t really understand that flex, but ultimately the British did not intend to take American soil from the US. That’s fundamentally untrue.
@@liljs4189 That is utter nonsense, is that what they teach you in schools about the war of 1812? You do know you can easily find the truth on the internet don'cha?
YOU guys wanted to annex our Canadian colonies "as a favour to Canadians" and those Canadians, without even having to consult us, said "No fucking chance, Kenneth!"
Then they marched into your country and burned down the White House to make sure you got the message. LMAO
Thought this was GTA IV for a second
That's pretty important. Not the last time one statue was removed as things changed.
Gta4 map is the first thing that came to mind when seeing this map😅
so smooth and educational. daniel you're upping your game brother i
Thank u king 🙏🏻
Wow ! Thanks for sharing this very interesting history . Keep ‘em comin guys .
During WW2 all metal railings were removed to make weapons , they were also not replaced.
Stubs of steel and cast iron appear in every village , town ,and city , a forgotten national monument in the UK.
Dope story, right on for sharing!!
Nice work. I'm in Boston. Great work. The name and initials are iconic.. Also, everyone has some relative in NYC
Me too! I adore the history of our fair city. We may not have turned out to be the largest city in the Americas, but we were arguably the most influential to starting what became the USA.
Not iconic. Why does everyone say things are iconic recently? And why does every movie have someone say “you got this” or “I got this”….most annoying phrase ever. Start noticing it and you can’t watch movies made after 2005 anymore. It’s too annoying.
Stop over-using that word incorrectly, please?
@@simonlee4001do you really expect us to stop incorrectly using it
There’s also the old stone house of Brooklyn which is a reconstruction of a 1776 house, which was destroyed in the 1800, but now it’s a museum with various artifacts of the time.
This is so wild. It's incredible how an extremely important moment in history can leave a trace that nobody sees. It's fascinating.
Ah yes, the infamous site of the 'Bowling Green Massacre'
Beat me to it haha
Wow, if you look at that old map, see how much less land there was before they did land reclamation and created the site for the WTC and Battery Park City. The water was practically right at Bowling Green.
I mean the water was LITERALLY at Bowling Green lol
West Street is called that for good reason
The same goes for the east side. Pearl Street was underwater. It was filled with ballast from British ships coming from Halifax unladen to pick up cargo from NY. The fill included lots of oyster shells, hence the name, or so legend says
@@robertmoffett3486 That seems a bit silly - why not instead bring stuff from England worth selling over here, so you make money off both legs of the trip?
One of my great great great grandfathers served under Captain Goodyear in the defense of NYC. After the battle Captain Goodyear presented him with a knife that was engraved specifically for him.
I didn't know I didn't know this! Thank you. I learned something new today!
My ancestor moses leathers fought in the revolutionary war he was at Germantown and a few other battles.
OG American.
Moses Leathers is a pretty cool name.
That's awesome 😂 thank you for sharing. I loath New York but it's nice to know they were badass at one point
let me guess wah wah i hate liberals
Love this! Piece of history Ive not heard anywhere. Great video.
Pretty cool! It's very interesting that remnants from that iconic period of our history can still be literally tripped over.
Great video, well done
Did people say they were destroying history by tearing it down.
The king wasn't a historical figure, and it wasn't a statue off any cultural significance, unlike the ones the antiamerican terrorist sympathizers tore down.
Great unknown piece of American history. More please.
We all need that New Yorker energy.
Pretty cool historical tidbit right there...lol. i think its crazy just how often we actually overlook things like this. Most people probably walk by that fence for half their lives and never knew anything about it
Umm... I cast my own muzzle loading bullets. I only use lead or soft composites. Im guessing that was iron or maybe bronze, not good for bullets of the time. Maybe cannon shot?
It's okay to admit that you aren't very bright and don't understand how Google works😂
Lead statuary was very common here, and in Europe.
No. Bullets. Lead ones. From a lead statue. We actually know the entire history. No guessing involved
This fence and the pieces broken off the tops of the posts during the revolution figure in part of the plot of a modern book, City of Dreams, by William Martin.
This might be a family thing, as the internet refuses to acknowledge it, but as an upstate NYer, theres a local lane colloquially known as Bowling green just outside of Albany NY.
Relatively irrelevant, but all the same, very fascinating to learn the history behind the name.
I used to work at 26 Broadway, right across the street from Bowling Green Park. The plaque there says that the “emblems” referred in this video were actually cast iron crowns. These were lopped off by the colonists and destroyed. The stubs are indeed still there. The park and the cast iron fence are both landmarks today.
A couple of inaccuracies here. Bullets had not been invented yet, the lead was used to for musket balls.. Also, the King George statue did not "represent the British Regime." The statue was a direct expression of gratitude from the New York Assembly for what was seen as King George's help in repealing the Stamp Act.
Maybe you don't understand that a bullet is just one component in a modern cartridge. "The name Bullet originates from the English language and its etymology is closely tied to its meaning a firearm projectile. The term bullet first appeared in the late 16th century, derived from the French word boullette, meaning a small ball. This term was commonly used to refer to a small leaden projectile shot from firearms during the Renaissance period. "
These people would actually be considered domestic terrorists to some people think about that for a second
Well obviously, you only become a freedom fighter if you win. Look at the US civil war, that was basically another revolution where a group wanted to break away, the only difference between that and 1776 is the revolutionaries were defeated and are now remembered as enemies by those they sought independence from.
I've always thought it odd that Americans called it a civil war, typically a civil war is fought between rival factions vying for power while 1861 was a failed war of independence.
People now get mad when you bring down a statue of a historical figure that is maligned. Except when...
Never in my life did I expect to want to travel to a different state just to look at a fence, yet here I am.
People back then actually understood 'reduce/reuse/recycle'
Awesome! I’ve been to almost every park in manhattan but missed this one.
I love learning odd trivia. I find information like this interesting.
Oh, so THIS is where the ‘bowling green massacre’ happened. 😂