British Evacuation of Boston
March 26, 1776
In the spring of 1776, the colonists had something to cheer about. The
British cannon they had captured and taken from Ft. Ticonderoga had been
hauled overland during the winter by Colonel Henry Knox and his men. The
cannon had reached the rebel army outside Boston in March, and in one night,
Washington set up the fortification of Dorchester Heights overlooking the city
with the heavy guns aimed at the British fleet anchored below. On March 26, 1776,
British fleet left Boston.
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