Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-03-17 | Page 7 | Today is the Anniversary of

EVACUATION DAY DAYOn I IOn On March 1 17 i the British evacuated acua te Boston This victory for forthe the Iho colonl colonists t ono 0 of the tile greatest l In Inthe int inthe t the Revolutionary war was by hy Washington lon without the shedding of ot a drop Iop of blood All An during durinS' tho time winter o of 76 1775 Washington ton lacking artillery n and powder as unable to do more than I keep up his Mie siege o of oC Boston nut But wh luen n Henry Knox nox succeeded suc sue in dra dragging fifty cannot cannon on ox sleds all aU the way from rom to Cambridge e. e Washington decided to take the tho initiative c Accordingly h ho he seized eizel Dorchester Heights South no Boston ton trained his guns uns down on tho tim Bl British lI h vessels in inthe inthe inthe the harbor and ordered General Howe to withdraw his forces forceR When tho the general saw that the odds were against him ho or ordered ert his men to embark for Halifax March 17 With th the tho British went about 1000 rum TUlles ics tho the name given I en those Americana Amer Amer- leans who the w war r an and amid wished to tu submit to the king In On Omi the tue following day Wa Washington ma made e his hiM memorable triumphant entry into Boston Buston I