Reply #5: And when the Declaration was read on the site of today's city [View All]

[Bluenorthwest]

hall, the NYers of that day ran down Broadway to Bowling Green and toppled the statue of George the Third the Brits had installed there, hacked off the head and melted the body down for patriot bullets. The fence which still stands there shows where they hacked the crown finials off the fence, removing the symbols of tyranny.
This shows us that long before there was a stock market on Wall Street, there were protests against financial and political abuses all over that area. In that way, it is the stock exchange that is occupying the place, not the people, the people have always been there.