You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. March 17, July 18, I will get to this glorious breakfast burrito in 2 shakes… But first, Happy Evacuation Day! Never heard of it? Boston is steeped in history, like a strong cup of tea. Which brings me back to that burrito.
Share this: Email Facebook Twitter. Like this: Like Loading Team Toll House Cookies. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Never did a visitor to South Boston receive such a reception as was accorded the senior senator when he rose to speak. Senator George Frisbie Hoar said in part,. Our fathers were a hundred times better off in than were the men of Kent, the vanguard of liberty in England…They were a thousand times better off than Ireland was far down in living memory.
There was more happiness in Middlessex on the Concord than there was in Middlesex on the Thames. But our fathers felt, whatever conditions might exist, they were a people. For that they fought and for that they were willing to die. On the 18 th day of March, , republicanism under George Washington, drove imperialism, under Sir William Howe, out of Boston, never to come back. And that is the lesson of this anniversary.
On this day in , the City of Boston officially celebrated Evacuation Day for the first time. In early March of , Continental troops managed to move heavy cannon to the top of Dorchester Heights. When the British realized what had happened, they knew they could no longer hold the capital. The lowly Continental Army forced the British to evacuate Boston. One hundred and twenty-five years later, the Mayor proclaimed March 17 th , St.
Patrick's Day, a legal holiday. The city could commemorate an important historical event — George Washington's first victory in the American Revolution — and celebrate its place as "the capital of Irish America. The custom of parades on St. Patrick's Day was well established in Boston by the time the British Army occupied the city in the s. It was then on March 4, , that General John Thomas, acting under orders from George Washington, led 2, soldiers and workers to fortify Dorchester Heights with cannons, surrounding the British troops.
At the same time, Americans were besieging Boston. British General William Howe found himself and his fleet surrounded by weaponry, indefensible, and had to choose between attacking or retreating.
He chose the latter, wanting to avoid another big battle, and withdrew all of his 11, troops from Boston to Nova Scotia, on March 17, Celebrations for Evacuation Day began taking place in when interest in local history started building up among the population.
This was marked by the construction of the Dorchester Heights Monument. As Evacuation Day falls on the same day as St. Some people participate in reenactments of the siege at Dorchester Heights, dressing in traditional American Revolutionary War uniforms. Others choose to pay visits to historical sites. He quickly began nailing in cleats as he went. Before long, a ladder was brought to help him get closer to the British flag.
In plain view of Washington, he reached out and grasped it just enough to tear it down to the tumultuous cheers of the thousands crowded below followed by the thirteen cannon blasts. A hat was passed around for contributions to be given to Van Arsdale for his service, to which even Washington contributed. Indeed, the celebrations continued for almost a week.
Throughout the nineteenth century, Evacuation Day was celebrated every November 25th. But it was strictly a city holiday and was not observed throughout the rest of the country. As the nineteenth century wore on and the generation who lived through the occupation died away, the holiday began to decline in popularity and practicality considering the newly fixed national holiday of Thanksgiving in the second half of the century.
The holiday had one last great hurrah when the city marked its centennial in Worthington C. Ford New York: G. Knopf, , New York, , 8. Phelps Stokes , Reblogged this on DailyHistory. On November 25, , British troops finally left the city and for the next hundred years New Yorkers enthusiastically celebrated the end of the British occupation.
The holiday there commemorates the evacuation of British forces from the city of Boston following the Siege of Boston in I recall reading, years ago, that the very last departure by ship was made from Manhasset, Long Island, but now cannot find the citation. Is this an urban legend, or can anyone offer assistance or guidance on researching this?
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