Today in NYC History: The Loco Focos Rally 30,000 in City Hall Park (1837)
Brash, bold, and ahead of their time, the Loco Focos, like the switch match they were named after, burned briefly and brightly on the New York political scene during the 1830s. On March 6, 1837, they rallied 30,000 people to City Hall Park to bring down the banking system, and they nearly succeeded. The Loco…