Burning of British Taxed Tea Marker

Months before the American Revolution started, colonists destroyed British tea in protest. You know about that, right? Well maybe not.
Because this plaque doesn’t commemorate the 1773 protest known as the Boston Tea Party, when Massachusetts colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor.
Instead, it refers to a later incident in Providence, RI, when its colonists burned the British stash of the «Needless Herb» in protest against the Crown. This happened on March 2, 1775.
It’s an inspirational story of patriotism, defiance, and solidarity. Based on the urgings of the Continental Congress, Rhode Islanders overwhelmingly agreed to show support against British tyranny. They did so by lighting a bonfire on Market Square, and after speech making and the ringing of bells, hundreds of pounds of British tea were tossed into the fire.
One month later, things had reached their breaking point with the killings at Lexington and Concord.
The Revolution was under way.
The plaque’s inscription reads:
Near this spot the men and women of Providence showed their resistance to the unfair taxation by burning British Taxed tea in the night March 2^nd 1775
Erected 1894 by Rhode Island Societies of Sons of the American Revolution and Daughters of the American Revolution.
Too bad the plaque is in such tough shape, how awesome would it be if this treasure of American history could be restored?