Evacuation Day (1776)
On March 17, 1776, the British army evacuated Boston after Washington fortified Dorchester Heights overnight with cannon hauled from Ticonderoga — the war’s first great American victory.
One of the oldest things still standing in the region — dated to 1776, and tied to 4 other entities across four centuries of the city’s record.
Open the full civic recordCurrent pulse, routes, recommendations, and memory
Now, then, future
Every object is temporal: what it feels like now, what it used to mean, and what it can become next.
quiet enough to notice details. Best now: one good detour.
1775: On July 3, 1775, George Washington formally took command of the Continental Army at Cambridge — by tradition under an elm on Cambridge Common.
Future2026: America’s 250th — July 4, 2026.
How it feels right now
Indoor escapes within a few blocks.
Coffee, libraries, bookstores, and campus edges.
How strongly the nearby graph reads as campus life.
Fame, landmark pull, and visitor-facing assets.
Older records and historical edges around this object.
Different kinds of things hiding within a short walk.
Routes with a point of view
Chosen moves from here
Human recommendations
What this meant before
- Date
- March 17, 1776
- Graph connections
- 4
In the graph 4 relationships — first-class data, not links
Explore Evacuation Day (1776) in the interactive Graph Explorer — click to expand every connection →Nearby what sits within a few minutes’ walk
Dorchester Heights
The Busing Crisis Begins (1974)
South Boston
Historical context
Related reading
Evacuation Day (1776) is linked, through the graph, to Revolution 250: Boston’s Season of Sestercentennials — article / guide, 2.0 mi away. The kind of thread you only find by following the connections.
Keep exploring graph-powered — every path below is a real relationship, not a guess
One record, 1 framing cross-property publishing — never duplicated
How we know graph confidence — we explain our certainty, not just assert it
Schema.org JSON-LD — what answer engines read
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