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You can interlink the two and use it to promote or create a larger historic walk that deals with the city's history
The Boston Tea Party come to mind, which was also a riot that change the course of history.
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Lots of the Founding Fathers strongly disagreed with the Boston Tea Party as well, there were lots of tears shed over the destruction of private property then as well. In the end, it's turned into quite a nice founding story and they've decided the flawed principle they think it represents outweighs those concerns.
There's also the Gaspee Incident, a celebrated affair from 1772 where Rhode Islanders shot a British customs officer legitimately pursuing smugglers in the crotch and then burned his ship to the waterline.
tbc
Agreed. While I'd like it to have been done differently, the end result of what I'd like to see can easily be achieved with keeping the plinth plus putting a plaque and a sign next to the harbour. You can interlink the two and use it to promote or create a larger historic walk that deals with the city's history.