The seventy-second anniversary of the return of Evacuation Day was celebrated on Monday by an imposing military parade and review in the Park by the authorities.

As the Common Council made no appropriation this year for the proper observance of the day, what was done in the way of parading and festivities was the result of voluntary enthusiasm on the part of our citizens. Flags, banners and appropriate devices adorned nearly all our hotels, theatres and public buildings, and in many instances the ships in the harbor were gaily decked with flags and streamers. A holyday was given to all the scholars in the public schools, and many old Knickerbockers abstained from business in honor of the day.