Evacuation Day
The Old Guard of the City of New York, raising the flag at the Battery on Evacuation Day, 1897. The day commemorates November 25, 1783, when the last royal troops left New York in accordance with the terms of the Treaty of Paris.
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9:27 am
Excellent post. I hope Colonel Matthew Cusack sees the pictures.