Evacuation Day

The last enemy fleet cleared the harbor in 1783 and a boy shimmied up the greased flagpole with the new flag in his teeth. The city has been climbing greased poles ever since

OPEN THE RECORDON THE ATLASHANG IT IN THE MUSEUMGET COUNTED

Number	2397
Era	ERA VIII · The Fabric
Family	Citizens
Borough	Manhattan
Location	New York Harbor
States	1 finished state

Part of NEW YORKERS by MLow, a painted census of New York City: 7,541 characters across 19 eras. Read the history of the places or spin into a room of the museum.