On March 17, 1776, the British military pulled out of Boston, giving General George Washington his first victory of the Revolutionary War. Already, however, he was positioning the Continental Army for the redcoats to return. Meanwhile, the political atmosphere had changed, sending the thirteen colonies in a new direction. This year’s annual Evacuation Day talk at Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters NHS explores how much changed during the siege and what lay ahead as the Washingtons left Cambridge.
J.L. Bell is the author of The Road to Concord: How Four Stolen Cannon Ignited the Revolutionary War and proprietor of Boston1775.net.
This annual event is made possible by the Friends of the Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters, Inc.
