The event marked the Continental Army’s first major victory of the Revolutionary War, ending an 11-month siege of Boston and securing the city for the American cause.
BOSTON (AP) — Reenactors in 18th-century military coats and tricorn hats filled the pews of one of the nation’s oldest Catholic Churches on Tuesday before firing muskets outside and marching through neighborhood streets, marking the 250th anniversary of the day British forces evacuated the city.
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