Word: 1770s
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...lion and unicorn of England which Revolutionary mobs had neglected to pull down in the 1770s still stood atop the old State House...
...matter which Revolutionary mobs, and New England ones, in particular, were not negligent about during the 1770s was the destruction of all visible symbols of British sovereignty over the Colonies...
...Franklin D. Roosevelt, Boston was still Boston. Its church steeples still stood unchallenged by tall buildings. Beacon Hill's decorous cascade of red brick houses still defied time and modern architects. The lion and unicorn of England, which revolutionary mobs had neglected to pull down in the 1770s, still stood atop the old State House...