Excerpt from The Story of Patriots' Day: Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775; With Poems Brought Out on the First Observation of the Anniversary Holiday and the Forms in Which It Was Celebrated Again, on the 19th of April, 1783, the cessation of hostilities between the United States and England was proclaimed to the army by General Washington; the exchange of ratifications of the preliminary articles of a treaty having been made. The proclamation was read at the head of every regiment and corps of the army; after which the chaplains of the several bri gades, in their presence, renderedthanks to Almighty God. General Washington, in his orders for the day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.