The desperate circumstances led to challenges for the authorities. Clinton, and Lt. They resolved to all wear a black-and-white Union Cockade as a Badge of Distinction representing Louis XVI, more for its ability to annoy the British soldiers than any abiding affection for their ally, the Catholic monarch of France. Immediately, citizens began preparing an entire day of festivities. Throughout the early hours of the morning, people streamed into the city.
The final British troops were supposed to leave the island at noon, at which point Washington, Clinton, and their contingent would march into the city. Much attention was paid to timing to make sure that American forces arrived immediately upon the last evacuation so as not to leave any intermittent period in which there was no authority.
As he reached the outer limits of the city, he paused to await final word from a British messenger. Citizens had gathered there hoping to get a glimpse of men whose names and deeds they knew of largely from newspaper reports. The plan was that once the last British troops had left and the British flag had been brought down over Fort George, a blast of thirteen cannon shots would signal to Washington and Clinton that the procession into the city could begin, which would end with the raising of the American flag.
There was, however, a hitch in the plan. Earlier that morning, some British soldiers had taken down the halyard of the British Union Jack flying over the fort, making it impossible to pull down. To add comedy to insult, they also greased the flagpole and removed the cleats, making it near impossible to climb.
A mild panic ensued. It would be greatly embarrassing if Washington were to arrive with the Union Jack still flying above the fort. Having heard the few cannon shots, and unaware of the comic drama going on at the fort, the procession began moving into the city.
At its head were Washington and Gov. Clinton followed by Lt. Pierre Van Cortlandt and some city council members. The sound of construction was masked by American cannons besieging Boston from a separate location. This allowed a dozen cannons to be brought into the Dorchester Heights fortifications from Fort Ticonderoga. British General Sir William Howe attempted to bring British ships into Boston Harbor to attack the American position, but a storm broke out and he had to wait.
This allowed American forces to complete their fortifications and arm their artillery. When the British finally discovered that the American forces had just made their position indefensible, the British withdrew 11, of their troops from the area on March 17 th and sailed back to Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Since Evacuation Day also falls on St. Evacuation Day remembers the first major American military victory in the American Revolutionary War, which saw the British troops leave Boston on March 17, General William Howe, of the British Army, woke up on March 5 that year to find that there were heavy guns aimed at his solders and down at the British fleet.
Rather than repeat the heavy casualties of the Battle of Bunker Hill , the British troops left in haste on March 17 and never returned.
This was a major psychological victory for General Washington and the colonists. The Evacuation Day holiday was proclaimed in after a failed attempt in Dorchester Heights, an area in South Boston, is remembered as the place where the rebel troops placed heavy artillery to Boston and perched them atop from where they aimed for the British warships.
This area is a point of strategic importance because of its elevation and commanding view of all of Boston and Boston Harbor. 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. About us Privacy Contact 7Graus. United States. See calendar. Calendar Evacuation Day.
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