N.A. Ferrell on Nostr: Fresh off the presses, my long, detailed history of a former official New York City ...

Fresh off the presses, my long, detailed history of a former official New York City holiday that landed on November 25: Evacuation Day. It commemorated the evacuation, or final departure, of the British military from Manhattan on November 25, 1783, which was followed by the entry of the U.S. military led by a certain General George Washington.

https://thenewleafjournal.com/history-of-new-yorks-evacuation-day/

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