George Washington's farewell to his Officers was given in Manhattan (NYC) in December, 1783.
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George Washington resigned his military commission in Annapolis, Maryland, at the Maryland State House. This happened on December 23, 1783.
This was part of General Washington's farewell address to his officers in 1783. The American Revolution had ended, and George Washington fulfilled what he had promised to do at the beginning of the war, put down the sword and return to regular life. Many of his soldiers wanted him to become king. Washington would hear of it. So as soon as the lat British soldier boarded a ship to return to England, Washington resigned his commission as not only General of the armed forces but Commander in Chief.
In 1783 Europe was watching to see how the Laki volcanic system would affect them. The volcano erupted in June of 1783 and killed over 10,000 people in Iceland and Europe.
The war that made America an independent country after 1783 was the American Revolution.
In the year of 1783.