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.
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!
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.
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
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…
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
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
In London, you can see where fences were taken away to be melted down for steel during WW2, some of the railings are actually made out of WW2 stretchers.
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.
During WW2 all metal railings were removed to make weapons , they were also not replaced. Stubs of steel and castle iron appear in every village , town ,and city , a forgotten national monument in the UK.
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...
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.
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. :)
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.
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.
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!! ✌️😁
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. "
@@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.
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.
Originally from the East Coast, reside in the West for years now- back East are monuments and churches that have been standing since the birth of this country. I miss some those sights and when I do go back East to visit family there’s never enough time to revisit those sights
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.
@@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
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.
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.
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.
@@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?
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!!
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.
@@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
NO WAY! THAT'S SO FREAKN COOL! I'm sure there's a lot of hands-on and connecting going on there now. I've seen a lot of NYC history disappear over the years, so this is incredible. This got past Robert Moses.
I am pretty sure the corrupt government got voted out 4 years ago. Not that the current government isn't... but at least it's significantly less corrupt.
@@carsandstuff365 At least in the UK we can cross the road without getting charged for Jay walking 😁 Yes, everyone is against rules until they find having no rules harms them or makes them sick. Toxic waste, no problem dump it wherever you like ? Standards for bridges or building, don't worry, no laws so nobody can sue us right 🙄 OSHA ; Black lung, crush injuries and people falling from heights ? No worries plenty people to spare in 330 Million. It's just called a devoloped nation, there are parts of the world where rules are very scarce and life is cheap. But you wouldn't want to live there I bet.
You know, the government has drones and countless other aminities they didn't have back then. This sounds like an even more senseless waste of lives if attempted in the modern era.
@@rudiruttgerIt’s literally written in the constitution that people will have the right to own weapons to defend against a tyrannical government. Not for hunting, not for sport shooting. Too many transplants in this country that don’t understand why America became so prosperous. The government is supposed to be subservient to the people.
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!
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)
Excellent point...whats even funnier is the same Right-wing idiots who will watch this video and chant "USA' would call protestors "looters and criminals" if they did this today. Boston Tea Party wearing masks and committing property destruction = good Antifa wearing masks and comitting property destruction = bad. The worst is that they claim it's about the property destruction when its clearly obviois they have absolutely no problem with it so long as its their side doing it
Right, but this wasn't a historic statue representing anything of value, unlike the statues of Lincoln, Roosevelt, Washington, Hamilton, Jefferson, Jackson, or Lee that are being torn down today. The People tearing them down are ignorant of the history they wish to destroy, and they ignore the history in order to remain ignorant of it. They hate America, hate the principles of freedom we were founded on, and desire a country where all can live free only from responsibility, in a true slave state.
Yeah, these past few years I was told multiple times that removing statues erases history so I'd really like to find out how the uploader managed to crack the magic wards and bring this history back.
What history was the statue representing or remembering? It was a an effigy to an active monarchy and contained no history. No plaque detailing the importance behind it. None of that. It was a monument by one man to his pride and hubris. The two aren't remotely comparable. Nice try though.
@sovietmoose5624 It's a physical representation of the history tha we learn on paper. Something you can literally point at, look at, experience it. It will stick in the mind when all of your senses can actually experience it more than just reading words off a paper. Experiences in the physical world are far more memorable than just reading history, especially when you're going through school and jumping over 1000 years of it.
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
@@jessed6379Like how the Confederate statues, that conservatives worship as idols, were erected to inimidate African Americans trying to secure their freedom in the Civil Rights period? The freedom that allows them to critique the statues without fear of being lynched.
noticed that when we visited nyc but wasn't till we got home, did I learn why it was cut off like that... we didn't have internet that long at that time... it was 1998. I don't think I "jeeved" it... I think it was on a docu on tv.
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!
