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PETER NAVARRO: Americans melted tyranny down and fired it back as deadly musket balls

Oliver Wolcott saw what others missed: not just a toppled statue, but 42,088 musket balls for the Revolution

By Peter Navarro Fox News

Published July 4, 2026 11:00am EDT

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In 1776, most Americans looked at the toppled statue of King George III in New York City’s Bowling Green and saw a shattered symbol of British tyranny.

Oliver Wolcott saw ammunition.

Four thousand pounds of lead. Enough, if properly gathered, hauled, melted, and molded, to help arm a revolution.

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The statue had been erected in 1770, a gilded monument to imperial authority in America’s busiest port city. King George sat on........

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