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Can't believe no one posted today's big celebration.
It's Evacuation Day!
St. Patrick was virtually unknown to the evangelical Protestants of English ancestry who made up the vast bulk of the population in 1830s New England. Most Anglican/Catholic feasts like Christmas, Easter, St. Valentine’s Day, other saint's days, etc. were widely ignored in early 19th -century New England.
However, New England almanacs of the time DID single out March 17th as a special day: Evacuation Day. On March 17, 1776, British troops under General William Howe evacuated Boston, boarding Royal Navy ships for the safety of Nova Scotia. The Continental army under George Washington had besieged the British in Boston for eleven months, finally forcing them out by mounting cannons captured at Fort Ticonderoga on the commanding Dorchester Heights (near Boston at the time).
So ... Happy Evacuation Day!
Tom
It's Evacuation Day!
St. Patrick was virtually unknown to the evangelical Protestants of English ancestry who made up the vast bulk of the population in 1830s New England. Most Anglican/Catholic feasts like Christmas, Easter, St. Valentine’s Day, other saint's days, etc. were widely ignored in early 19th -century New England.
However, New England almanacs of the time DID single out March 17th as a special day: Evacuation Day. On March 17, 1776, British troops under General William Howe evacuated Boston, boarding Royal Navy ships for the safety of Nova Scotia. The Continental army under George Washington had besieged the British in Boston for eleven months, finally forcing them out by mounting cannons captured at Fort Ticonderoga on the commanding Dorchester Heights (near Boston at the time).
So ... Happy Evacuation Day!
Tom
