After the reading of the Declaration, the soldiers, joined by members of the Sons of Liberty, marched down Broadway and turned their attention to the gilded equestrian statue of King George in the Center of Bowling Green. Armed with axes, they made quick work of the 2-ton sculpture. Lead, which was in short supply in the colonies, was much needed for ammunition, and the statue was nothing if not large. Most of it was loaded into oxcarts and was brought to Litchfield, Connecticut, where General Oliver Wolcott's foundry melted it down into 42,088 bullets. Even though the family and neighbors participated, the heroine of the day was 11-year-old Mary Ann Wolcott, who not only cast 10,790 balls herself but also counted them. She went on to marry Chauncy Goodrich when she was 24; he served in the House of Representatives and then the Senate.
