The Fascinating Revolutionary History of NYC's Bowling Green

The Fascinating Revolutionary History of NYC's Bowling Green ↓ ↓ More stuff below! ↓ ↓ ✨Ways to support the channel✨ Like and share this video! Patreon (bonus content & more!):   / thecuriousworld   Online shop: https://explorethecurious.com/ Follow me on Instagram:   / thecuriousworld   *You can see a life-size recreation of what the statue looked like at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia!* I haven't been, but it's on my bucket list. Scroll down on this page to see it: https://www.amrevmuseum.org/exhibits/... Here's a video showing how they recreated the statue: https://www.amrevmuseum.org/amrev360-... The colonists had wanted to honor William Pitt, British statesman and the man most instrumental in getting the Stamp Act repealed, with a statue, but at that time there was no public statue of King George III. It would be viewed as imprudent to have a statue of Pitt and not the King himself. So they decided to make both statues. The statue of George III was erected in 1770, along with a statue of William Pitt (located at the intersection of Wall & William Streets) that same year. Once New York City was in British control in 1776, British soldiers vandalized the statue of Pitt. See the remnants here: https://www.nyhistory.org/exhibit/wil... Both statues by Joseph Wilton. Fragments of the equestrian statue: https://www.nyhistory.org/exhibit/fra... https://www.nyhistory.org/exhibit/fra... https://www.nyhistory.org/exhibit/fra... Marble pedestal and more on its use as a tombstone and stepping stone: https://emuseum.nyhistory.org/objects... More on the musket balls: https://www.amrevmuseum.org/press-rel...