Collection Highlights
Poems, Henricus Selyns
Date:
1659-1686
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Selyns
Medium:
Ink on paper
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New York City Evacuation Day Centennial Medal
Object Number:
2001.27
Date:
1883
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/8 in. ( 3.5 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on obverse: "EVACUATION DAY/CENTENNIAL/1783-1883/NOV. 25/CITY OF NEW YORK"
stamped: on reverse: "WASHINGTON/KNOX/CLINTON
Description:
Circular base metal commemorative medal for New York City Evacuation Day Centennial; obverse with New York City coat of arms surrounded by laurel wreath and flags; reverse with profiles of Washington, Knox, and Clinton. Top of medal has ring for hanging.
Gallery Label:
Evacuation Day celebrated the final departure of British military forces from the United States on November 25, 1783. For more than a century, Evacuation Day was marked by martial parades, patriotic oratory, and banquets; its one hundredth anniversary was one of the great civic events of the nineteenth century in New York City. The holiday ceased to be observed after the First World War.
Credit Line:
Gift of Rudy Rudolph
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
