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Show y 18A - The Salt Lake Tribune Saturday, November 26, 1983 Bicentennial Of British Evacuation fl By Ari L. Goldman New York Times Writer NEW YORK The Fraunces Tavern Museum is bringing back a 0 patriotic American tradition this weekend that went out of practice 67 years ago That tradition is the celebration of a holiday called Evacuation Day, which marks the departure of British troops from New York 200 years ago Friday The museum in lower Manhattan is a suitable place for such a revival because it sits atop the tavern where Gen George Washington celebrated the British evacuation witn a festive dinner Nov 25, 1783 ) The celebration lasting through includes an exhibition Sunday called A Toast to Freedom New York Celebrates Evacuation Day," a corps, troubadours, performers in period dress Revolutionary War battles and a The First Great revue called American Traveling Carnival Ci Paris treaty that ended the American Revolution was signed m Pans soldiers from Washingtons Continental Army entered the city from outposts on the Boston Post Road and occupied strategic military points At Fort George in Lower Manhattan, the Americans found that the British had nailed the British ensign to the flagpole, removed the cleats and greased the pole, m the hope that they might have time to march out of the city under their own colJohn Van ors A soldier-boy- , stuffed his pockets with cleats, a hammer and some nails and worked1 his way to the top of the slippery pole There he tore down the British flag and put the Stars and Stripes in its place 3 - fc- i S tHh ? r f if, 1 T on Sept 3, 1783, and the evacuation was set for the afternoon of Nov 25 As the British boarded seven ships m New York Harbor, two groups of Ars-dal- wa- .' y f & --V- ( I 7. it 1 , ppcr J- - ', IXs ''' I. f, v,- - p fj - i, A a ordered a doc tor to pay $1 15 woman because his dog allegedly bit her outside his office After hearing a magistrate testify that he had fined Dr Sukanata three times for harboring a vicious dog the jury Wednesday aw arded S Iv la L Jones $15 000 in compensatory damages and $100 000 in punitive damages Ms Jones 32 of the city s Stanton Heights section said she had taken her father to Mukhopadhvay s office rr 3 vf ja SpSa. ,'4 i,-- -, . , a t a r '5 ;;5 vy 7 n Ci P Bring Your Truck and 1 Trailers - & v p f V LAjX' i" f k :r n t'N V i u 0: JS Everything Goes fl A : . 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