Ein home Geographie von New York City. Oldaten. Gemeinsam gingen sie die Bowery in die Stadt so weit wie Rectorstreet. Zwei Unternehmen vorgegangen, um die Batterie der Amer ican-Flagge auf dem fort zu erhöhen. Stellen Sie sich die Enttäuschung und Wut der thesoldiers Wenn Sie finden, dass ein Trick auf Ihnen gespielt worden war. Die englischen Soldaten hatten die englische Fahne an der Spitze der Stange genagelt. Sie hatten die Pole geschmiert die Amerikaner vom Klettern bis Flagge zu tearthe zu halten. TheAmerican flagwaving notwish TheEnglish haben über New York City zu sehen. Sie Theyhoped wouldget weit entfernt vor der englischen Blick auf Foht

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A home geography of New York city . oldiers. To-gether they went down the Bowery into the city as far as Rectorstreet. Two companies proceeded to the Battery to raise the Amer-ican flag on the fort. Imagine the disappointment and anger of thesoldiers when they found that a trick had been played on them. The English soldiers had nailed the English flag to the top ofthe pole. They had greased the pole to keep the Americans from climbing up to tearthe flag off. TheEnglish did notwish to see theAmerican flagwaving over NewYork city. Theyhoped they wouldget far away be-fore the English View at Foht Clinton, McGowans Pass, Central Park ^^g ^^^^j^ ^^ p^^jj^^ down. But they were disappointed, as they deserved to be. A young sailor named John Van Arsdale hastily secured somecleats and filled his pockets with them. He climbed the slipperypole step by step; first he hammered a cleat to the pole; then hestood on it ; then he hammered another cleat to the pole, and stoodon that ; and he continued to hammer and climb until he reached. NEW YOKK AND THE REVOLUTION 187 the top. He then tore away the English flag, threw it down to theAmerican soldiers watching him, and put the American flag in itsplace. How he was cheered by those looking on! A salute of thirteen guns was fired while the English soldierswere near enough to the Battery to see the flag as well as to hearthe American guns. For many, many years Evacuation Day wasa public holiday. John Van Arsdale, then his son, and afterwardshis grandson, performed the ceremony of raising the flag on thepole in Battery Park on Evacuation Day. When the parade was over Washington went to the fashionablehotel of the city, Fraunces Tavern, on the corner of Broad andPearl streets. It was built when New York was an English colony, and is one of the oldest landmarks in the city. Washington madeit his headquarters. On the evening of Evacuation Day GovernorGeorge Clinton, the first governor of New York state, gave a dinnerthere in honor of the occ

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