New Yorkers back then charged from here to topple the bronze statue of the British king and melt it into bullets to fire back at them—the smell of revolutionary gunpowder first ignited at Bowling Green.
Within a distance of less than 500 m, Washington completed his transformation from an ordinary man to the father of his country.
Hike 2 km from north to south, walking from the prayers of the colonial era to the distant gaze of the republic.