On November 25, 1783, the British Army boarded their naval vessels and 
evacuated New York City (then coterminous with New York County), their wartime 
headquarters and their last military position in the United States during the 
Revolutionary War.

As they sailed away in retreat through the Narrows separating Long Island and 
Staten Island, the last thing they saw, as their ships sunk below the 
horizon, was the Flag of the United States of America flying atop the Liberty Pole 
(an extended flag pole) in the frontyard of the Dutch Reformed Church in the 
Hamlet of New Utrecht, Town of New Utrecht, Kings County.  Today this is at 18th 
Avenue and Liberty Pole Boulevard (84th Street) in the neighborhood of 
Bensonhurst in the Borough of Brooklyn (Kings County), New York City.

Replaced six times over the years, the 106' Liberty Pole is the last 
remaining Liberty Pole in the original thirteen United States.  On top of the Pole is 
the original eagle and weathervane. The eagle is made of wood and has a 5' 
wingspan. After two hundred and twenty-two years, the weather has weakened it 
considerably and it has been reinforced with iron bands.

Here's the URL for the New Utrecht Liberty Pole Association:
http://www.historicnewutrecht.org/LPA.html

Here's the URL for the Dutch Reformed Church:
http://www.newutrechtchurch.org/


I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting.

Regards,

Walter Greenspan
Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY