{"id":73189,"date":"2013-11-25T10:23:09","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T15:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=73189"},"modified":"2013-11-29T09:15:54","modified_gmt":"2013-11-29T14:15:54","slug":"on-this-day-november-25-1783","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=73189","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: November 25, 1783"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nGeorge Washington “took back” New York from the British. <\/p>\n

The peace treaty had been signed a year before, France had pledged support and recognition of the new United States, but the redcoats remained in New York, waiting for their written orders from London. George Washington vowed that he would not go home, he would not break up his army, until every last British soldier had left.<\/p>\n

Nov. 25 was the momentous day that the American troops marched back into town, after the departure of the British.<\/p>\n

The exhausted army marched the long way downtown, through what was now a war-ravaged New York City. People lined the streets, throwing laurels in front of Washington’s horse, screaming, crying. It was a huge display of emotion and reverence that made the typically humble Washington feel uncomfortable.<\/p>\n

A woman in the crowd that day wrote the following in her diary:<\/p>\n

We had been accustomed for a long time to military display in all the finish and finery of [British] garrison life. The troops just leaving us were as if equipped for a show and with their scarlet uniforms and burnished arms made a brilliant display. The troops that marched in, on the contrary, were ill-clad and weather-beaten and made a forlorn appearance. But then, they were our troops and as I looked at them and thought upon all they had done and suffered for us, my heart and my eyes were full.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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