Evacuation Day- November 25th, 1783

 
November 25, 1783-EVACUATION DAY

Evacuation Day has nothing to do with post Thanksgiving  biological functions.

Once, Evacuation Day was one of the most celebrated days in America, and certainly in New York City. It's the day in 1783 that the British left New York City after occupying it from the beginning of the Revolutionary War in 1776, and wreaking destruction during that entire period.

I was pleased to see this in today's NY Daily News:

It's funny how time shifts the focus of history and this day is lost in the past. 

Also forgotten is the fact that New York harbor was filled with British prison ships and more than 11,000 Revolutionary War soldiers, Americans all, died in those ships. As the author in the Daily News notes, the 11,000 dead is a number that exceeds the number of Americans who died in battle during that war.

A day worth noting , i believe.