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Bowling Green Fence Plaque
- Location: Broadway and Beaver Streets
- Description: Plaque
- Materials: Bronze
- Dimensions: H: 18" W: 23"
- Dedicated: 1964
- Donor: New York Community Trust
- Inscription: LANDMARKS OF NEW YORK / BOWLING GREEN FENCE / ERECTED BY COMMON COUNCIL IN 1771 / THIS FENCE SURROUNDS NEW YORK'S EARLIEST/PARK. THE PARK WAS LEASED IN 1733 FOR USE / AS A BOWLING GREEN AT A RENTAL OF ONE / PEPPERCORN A YEAR. PATRIOTS, WHO IN 1776/DESTROYED AN EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF GEORGE / III WHICH STOOD HERE, ARE SAID TO HAVE / REMOVED THE CROWNS WHICH CAPPED THE / FENCE POSTS BUT THE FENCE ITSELF REMAINS. / PLAQUE ERECTED 1964 BY / THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST/
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