James Riker

"Evacuation Day", 1783, Its Many Stirring Events With Recollections of Capt. John Van Arsdale, of the Veteran Corps of Artillery, by Whose Efforts on That Day the Enemy Were Circumvented, and the American Flag Successfully Raised on the Battery

In a city ready to celebrate freedom, a brave captain races to raise the American flag, marking the end of British rule and the beginning of a new nation.

By James Riker