Boston
King's Chapel
King's Chapel, the first Episcopalian Church in New England,
built in 1749-54 under the leadership of a Yale man, the Reverend
Henry Caner. Being Tory, the good Reverend fled on Evacuation
Day (still a local legal holiday), 17 March 1776, when all of the
Royal troops pulled out of Boston, bringing George Washington's
siege of Boston to a successful end.
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