I saw a documentary which showed revolutionary New Yorkers demolishing a statue of George III. This made me wonder if any similar statues have survived, maybe in places like Williamsburg. I imagine not, but in other ex-colonies which were happy to be free of British rule, like Ireland and India, a few such statues have managed to survive. Do any Americans here know of any?
2006-12-06 04:28:23 · 4 answers · asked by Dunrobin 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Quite honestly, I don't know of any surviving statues of British monarchs anywhere in the USA. I believe, however, that the statue to which you refer was actually melted down and made into bullets--for the revolutionary army!
2006-12-06 05:06:00 · answer #1 · answered by Chrispy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I saw the same documentary - reminded me a bit of the statue of Saddam Hussein being pulled down in Bagdad! I would have thought the Americans would have erected one to the sainted Diana by now (he said, tongue in cheek)
2006-12-06 05:23:07 · answer #2 · answered by rdenig_male 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
This the most original question ive seen on here all week... makes a change from, 'shall i dye my hair' or 'how shall i tell him i like him'.... but i have no idea what the answer is
2006-12-06 04:38:12 · answer #3 · answered by 2 good 2 miss 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thats a good question
2006-12-06 04:30:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋