. Our colonial history from the discovery of America to the close of the revolution. mmittee At ServicesHeld In St. Pauls Chapel, N. Y. The second is in memory of the centennial anniversary ofhis death: This Tablet Is Erected In Commemoration Of The Centennial Anniversary Services Of The Death Of His Excellency General George Washington Commander-in-Chief Of The Armies Of The United States During The War Of The Revolution Observed At St. Pauls Chapel, On The Broadway, New York December 14, 1899. General Society Sons of The Revolution Of The In The Cincinnati State Of New York. HISTORIC PLACES
. Our colonial history from the discovery of America to the close of the revolution. mmittee At ServicesHeld In St. Pauls Chapel, N. Y. The second is in memory of the centennial anniversary ofhis death: This Tablet Is Erected In Commemoration Of The Centennial Anniversary Services Of The Death Of His Excellency General George Washington Commander-in-Chief Of The Armies Of The United States During The War Of The Revolution Observed At St. Pauls Chapel, On The Broadway, New York December 14, 1899. General Society Sons of The Revolution Of The In The Cincinnati State Of New York. HISTORIC PLACES 185 Distinguished Graves.—One of the famous revolutionarypatriots in St. Pauls is the grave of James Montgomery, whofell in the attack on Quebec in 1759. In Trinity Churchyardare the graves of Robert Fulton, Albert Gallatin, and CaptainJames Lawrence, the hero of the Chesapeake. A monumentto the dead soldiers bears this inscription: Sacred To The Memory Of Those Brave And Good Men Who Died Whilst Imprisoned In This City, For Their Devotion To The Cause Of American The Soldiers Monument in Trinity Churchyard, 186 APPENDIX In the Collegiate Dutch church, at Fifth Avenue andForty-eighth Street, is another memorial of the dead ofthe Revolution, erected by the Daughters of the Revolu-tion in 1900: In Honor Of TheOfficers, Soldiers And Sailors Who Served In The War Of Independence Against Great Britain, 1775-1783- Erected By TheDaughters Of The RevolutionOf The State Of New York. Fraunces Tavern.—The Revolutionary War with GreatBritain was ended by a treaty of peace signed at Paris, Sep-tember 3, 1783. The last British soldier left the country onNovember 5th following, a date which we celebrate as Evacu-ation Day. A few days afterward Washington, his generals,the chief officers of the state and city, and many distinguishedcitizens met at Fraunces Tavern, at the corner of Pearl andBroad Streets, for a parting handshake and a banquet inhonor of the new nation; George
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