MURFREESBORO, Tenn., Feb. 26 -- Middle Tennessee State University issued the following news release:
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -Middle Tennessee State University will commemorateEvacuation DayonTuesday, March 17, with a hands-on historic printing experience and a public reading of theDeclaration of Independencepreamble.
This event, hosted by theHonors Collegeand theAmerican Democracy Project, is part of MTSU's ongoing programming leading up to the nation's250thanniversary.
Evacuation Day marks the evacuation of approximately 9,000 British forces from Boston on March 17, 1776, in response to the building of American fortifications around the city that put the British in an indefensible position.
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