Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waAugust 27, 1776, hondo yeLong Island (inozivikanwawo se'Hondo yeBrooklyn'), yakatanga kurwiwa muhondo huru yeAmerican Revolutionary War mushure mekunge kuzvitonga kwaziviswa, uye ndiyo yakakura kwazvo pakurwisana kwose. Mauto eBritain
Mauto eContinental Army aitungamirirwa naGeorge Washington akamanikidzwa kubva munzvimbo dzakakwirira pedyo nenzvimbo dzemazuva ano dzeGreen-Wood Cemetery, Prospect Park, uye Grand Army Plaza.