Video: 'Fort Washington, 1776'

(Saturday, November 16, 1776, 7:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. local time; during the American Revolutionary War and the American Revolution) — British and Hessian units today captured Fort Washington near the north end of Manhattan Island in New York in one of the worst Patriot defeats of the American Revolutionary War. Continue reading British capture Fort Washington from Patriots 240 years ago at this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 16 1776) →

Video: 'Celebrating Evacuation Day'

(Tuesday, November 25, 1783, noon; following the American Revolutionary War) — The British today evacuated New York, their last military position in the United States during the Revolutionary War.