U.S. holiday celebrating the end of the American Revolutionary War (May 26, 1783)
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A Great Jubilee Day, first held on Monday May 26, 1783, in North Stratford, now Trumbull, Connecticut, commemorated the end of fighting in the American Revolutionary War.[1] This celebration included feasting, prayer, speeches, toasts, and two companies of the North Stratford militia performing maneuvers with cannon discharges and was one of the first documented celebrations following the War for Independence and continued as Decoration Day and today as Memorial Day with prayer services and a parade.[2]
^Elements of Ancient History, Joseph Guy, London, 1836, Section 8, page 236 [1]
^Town of Trumbull, Connecticut, website retrieved on 28 May 2013 "News Feed". Archived from the original on April 22, 2016. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
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