NY 12553 Members of the Disabled Veterans of America and reenactors take part in 1998 Flag Day ceremony. Dave McTamaney of the Newburgh chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America shows how to properly retire worn American flags.
Colonial troops stand watch.
That was eight years to the day since a small group of Minutemen stood in the way of the mighty British army on the green at Lexington, Massachusetts. The world had been turned upside down , and Americans had won their independence. Entreating them to be patient, he reminded them that they were still in the army until peace was actually declared and their discharges could be officially issued. The final peace treaty was signed in Paris on September 3, 1783. Ben Franklin, John Adams and John Jay represented the United States.