Evacuation Day on November 25 marks the day in 1783 when British forces evacuated New York City after the Treaty of Paris led to the end of the American Revolutionary War.

On November 25, 1783, Evacuation Day, New York City witnessed the end of British rule with General George Washington’s triumphant entry, marking a pivotal moment in American …

EVACUATION DAY. 25 November 1783. The departure of British troops from New York City on this date was coordinated with the city's reoccupation by the remnants of the Continental …

By the time the final British forces left the colonies in November 1783, between 8,000 to 10,000 self-emancipated Black colonials had been evacuated from New York and Charleston on ships …

On November 25, 1783, a pivotal moment in American history occurred when the British officially evacuated New York City, marking the end of British rule in the former American colonies.

Brook Watson, the British commissary general, reported that between January and November 1783 a total of 29,244 men, women, and children abandoned New York on British vessels …

On September 3, in the Treaty of Paris, Great Britain acknowledged the sovereignty of the United States, bringing the Independence War to an end. New York was the first capital of the new …

On November 25, 1783, the last British troops withdrew from New York City, marking the final act of the American Revolutionary War. Known as Evacuation Day, this moment symbolized the …

Nov 25, 2023 · A history of New York City’s Evacuation Day, a former holiday that fell on November 25 and marked the November 25, 1783 British evacuation of Manhattan.

Nov 25, 2025 · Discover how the British evacuation of New York City in 1783 marked the symbolic end of the Revolutionary War and the dawn of U.S. sovereignty.