Evacuation_Day_(New_York)

Today in American Military History -- 1783
Evacuation Day: the British leave New York City, their last base in the US, and that evening Governor George Clinton of New York honors George Washington with a banquet at Fraunces' Tavern, where thirteen toasts were offered, beginning with "The United States of America" --

The United States of America.
His most Christian Majesty.
The United Netherlands.
The king of Sweden.
The American Army.
The Fleets and Armies of France, which have served in America.
The Memory of those Heroes who have fallen for our Freedom.
May our Country be grateful to her military children.
May Justice support what Courage has gained.
The Vindicators of the Rights of Mankind in every Quarter of the Globe.
May America be an Asylum to the persecuted of the Earth.
May a close Union of the States guard the Temple they have erected to Liberty.
May the Remembrance of THIS DAY be a Lesson to Princes.