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On November 25, 1783, at 1:00PM, near this site at Fort George, John Van Arsdale climbed a flagpole that the British had greased, removed the last British flag flying in the newly independent American states, and replaced it with the Stars and Stripes, formally ending the American Revolution. General George Washington led the ceremonies that day. Since that occasion, the British have become America's strongest ally.
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