Evacuation Day Annual Commemoration

 On November 25, 1783 the British occupying garrison evacuated New York City at the and General George Washington, Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, marched his troops into Lower Manhattan, thereby liberating New York City from British occupation. This glorious and bloodless victory, symbolized by the removal of the Union Jack and the first raising of the Stars and Stripes at Bowling Green, defines the decisive and final victory over the British and the fulfilling of the military and political goals set forth in the Declaration of Independence.