<Tr> <Th> Frequency </Th> <Td> annual </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> First time </Th> <Td> November 25, 1783 (1783 - 11 - 25) </Td> </Tr> <P> Evacuation Day on November 25 marks the day in 1783 when British troops departed from New York City on Manhattan Island, after the end of the American Revolutionary War . After this British Army evacuation, General George Washington triumphantly led the Continental Army from his former headquarters, north of the city, across the Harlem River south down Manhattan through the town to The Battery at the foot of Broadway . </P> <P> The last shot of the war was reportedly fired on this day, as a British gunner fired a cannon at jeering crowds gathered on the shore of Staten Island, as his ship passed through the Narrows at the mouth of New York Harbor . The shot fell well short of the shore . </P>

When did the last british troops leave america