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To: Pharmboy

They should number the stones, remove them and reassemble them somewhere on Wall Street (since that street was named for the wall built by the Dutch for protection from the Native Americans).


6 posted on 12/19/2005 7:52:09 PM PST by msnimje (Political Correctness -- An OFFENSIVE attempt not to offend.)
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To: msnimje
Well, that wasn't a stone wall. And, as a matter of fact, it is thought that the wall was there more to keep the roaming farm animals in than to keep the Indians out (remember: south of the wall Manhattan was surrounded by water, so it would have been very easy for any invader to wade ashore).

Their plan is to try and place it close to where it originally stood (it was likely part of a battery rather than part of the original fort).

8 posted on 12/19/2005 8:03:33 PM PST by Pharmboy (The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
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