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Happy Evacuation Day

If you’re looking for a reason to drink on March 17, look no further than Evacuation Day. And if you want to talk about how your great-grandparents lived in South Boston, or you visited there once, or you saw The Departed, better make it a double, ‘cause Evacuation Day is as South Boston as it gets.

On March 17, 1776, the Continental Army placed cannons on Dorchester Heights in South Boston and aimed them squarely at the British fleet in the harbor. Needless to say, the British fleet pulled out and never returned again. It was George Washington’s first victory in the war.