# "Evacuation Day", 1783, Its Many Stirring Events With Recollections of Capt. John Van Arsdale, of the Veteran Corps of Artillery, by Whose Efforts on That Day the Enemy Were Circumvented, and the American Flag Successfully Raised on the Battery

Author: Riker, James, 1822-1889

Genre: Category: History - American

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33419

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## Summary

Our memorable revolution, so prolific of grand and glorious themes, presents none more thrilling than is afforded by the closing scene in that stupendous struggle which gave birth to our free and noble Republic. New York City will have the honor of celebrating, on the 25th of November, the hundredth anniversary of this event, the most signal in its history; and which will add the last golden link to the chain of Revolutionary Centennials. A century ago, on "Evacuation Day," so called in our local calendar, the wrecks of those proud armies,--sent hither by the mother country to enforce her darling scheme of "taxation without representation,"--withdrew from our war-scarred city, with the ho...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/evacuation-day-1783-its-many-stirring-events-with-recollections-2a34c024/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/evacuation-day-1783-its-many-stirring-events-with-recollections-2a34c024/chapters/1/index.md)