Following the American Revolutionary War Evacuation Day on November 25 marks the day in 1783 when the last vestige of British authority in the United States — its troops in New York — departed from Manhattan. After this British evacuation General George Washington triumphantly led the Continental Army through the city.
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British forces leave New York City, George Washington triumphantly returns
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