A home geography of New York city . the American flag in itsplace. How he was cheered by those looking on! A salute of thirteen guns was fired while the English soldierswere near enough to the Battery to see the flag as well as to hearthe American guns. For many, many years Evacuation Day wasa public holiday. John Van Arsdale, then his son, and afterwardshis grandson, performed the ceremony of raising the flag on thepole in Battery Park on Evacuation Day. When the parade was over Washington went to the fashionablehotel of the city, Fraunces Tavern, on the corner of Broad andPearl streets. It w
A home geography of New York city . the American flag in itsplace. How he was cheered by those looking on! A salute of thirteen guns was fired while the English soldierswere near enough to the Battery to see the flag as well as to hearthe American guns. For many, many years Evacuation Day wasa public holiday. John Van Arsdale, then his son, and afterwardshis grandson, performed the ceremony of raising the flag on thepole in Battery Park on Evacuation Day. When the parade was over Washington went to the fashionablehotel of the city, Fraunces Tavern, on the corner of Broad andPearl streets. It was built when New York was an English colony,and is one of the oldest landmarks in the city. Washington madeit his headquarters. On the evening of Evacuation Day GovernorGeorge Clinton, the first governor of New York state, gave a dinnerthere in honor of the occasion. Washington remained but a few days in New York. On Decem-ber 4th he said farewell to his officers in the Long Room of thetavern, and returned to his home in SOUTH FERRY New Yokk South of Wall Street in Modern Times CHAPTER XXXIX HISTORIC SPOTS Batteky Park Battery Park is made land. When New York was the homeof the Indians there were rocks and water where now we have apretty park. The Battery gets its name from a battery of guns that was set up there during Enghsh rule. In colonial times Battery Park was surrounded on the land side by the houses of wealthy people. It was the fashionable promenade of the people then and for many years afterward. X88 HISTORIC SPOTS 189 The New Custom House The new Custom House is built on the site of the old Dutchfort. The first church on Manhattan was built inside the its walls were also houses for the governor,the minister, and soldiers,together with a windmilland one or two other build-ings. Governor Stuyvesantlived in the fort until hishouse on Whitehall streetwas built. The Aquarium Will it surprise you tolearn that the Aquariumnow near the sea wall ofBat
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