Show when patriots melted statue of king george wt lie ile tl e I 1 loys under tinder tl e bold patriot isiac seirs were aas ing their feelings by barill ng riving ton in effigy and carrying off I 1 Is tipe to be made into bullets tie conti cental arny was as en edgied iced in a gle with the english army under tinder howe for the possession of boston the british troops finally evacuated that cita in march 1770 and retired to halifax general believing that new york would be the next P int of attack by the enemy begin to assem assent ble the continental army tl it ere the case looked ratter rati er tio eks for the town was a as open to attack ly I 1 y any pow er in possession of strong sei flics as england ingland was as but NN washington ashington made such hasty fortification as A is possible bayard s mount bounded by tl ti e present grand centie broome and streets alch coan a view north as far as its Creen ivich village was fortified as vv is s hook hool opp opposite ozite hell aate were stationed at rod noel a vay to watch atch tor for the approach ap of ei et eav ships hips prepared for defence defene governors island lid I 1 id a garrison and tl ree con i ables of 0 expert rifle men were stationed on staten island SIT 44 statue of george III which at the time of the revolution stood on dow ling green new yo k to worry boats that might wish to land there ft fion on the enemy s slips otter troops stationed on the west end of I 1 ong island win will in the present lim ts of brooklyn arm wall nall about to govanus A arule fort was var built in the vicinity of the present aulton ferry terry in april Nas lington himself ar rived in new york to tale take comi nind of tl ti e last desperate prel orations to meet the attack of the I 1 british drools by the end of that month there were about troops of the amerlan army enlisted from all tl e colonies camped in and near new york june saw miny many ea between ti tie e 1 lories orles I in ti tie e city A ty and the army which if the truth must be told avas as a rather undisciplined one and hard to control meanwhile the british held off the attack which all knew would come eventually nce rice proclaimed on june 7 17 6 richard henry lee of virlinda la offered his famous res resolution lution in the continental on cn gress which met at to the effect that tt ese united colonies are and of rio t ought to he be tree free and intel in IP ei dent states A Depla declaration ration of independence was drafted by thomas jefferson and formally ad rd apted bv by the delegates on july 4 17 aas of this areat de defiance to the king did not reich new lork ork until nearly five deys titer liter so rawly did news travel in th se days of post pot riders when V hen ti tie e v vird rd reached new york all tl tie e tr of Os s within the city were gathered on the commons tl tie e present ity ltv hall park drawn n up in a hollow and stool at attention while genera general washington rode into the center of the square with his staff and tie tl e declaration was read aloud the little open space had seen many a riot many an indignation n eating of the libel libet ty P vs many great gitl er ines ings oven even at that early day nearby the patriot leister had gone to his deith death for the cause of the people but this was perhaps the most thi thill ling lIlIng day in all its history material for bullets though it was eventis when tie cei en ony on ti tie e commons tool 1 lace ta tie e excited citizens and soldiers were nere not rei reily y to go home and to bed A bind band rushed down doun nadji street to tl tt e uty lity I 1 all on wall street and tore down t tl I 1 e i 1 letu I 1 c f geci gcorge ge III which graced the building tien on they went to green headed ly I 1 y isaac bears ar at I 1 toro tore d wn a leaden equestrian statue of 01 the king w iab ch I 1 i A I 1 been erected there the five or six years before with rear reat zeal efey tl ey clophed ct opt ed and hacked this statue to pieces nearly one I 1 un dred beirs later tie saddle and tie forges 1 s tall were found in wilton corn and aie are now in the ponte slon of the new lork historical society but it Is safe to say tl if at in st of tt e status statue of tl it e kini wag was melt pd pit into bullets to sl oot his soldiers for auslet must et balls were made f from this metal 11 B pole cole sarv oi of new ew tori in n tt tl e new ew I 1 ork 11 orld |