Washington enters New York City at British evacuation, November 1783. Title: "Evacuation Day" and Washington's Triumphal Entry in New York City, Nov. 25th, 1783. Summary: Print showing George Washington and other military officers riding on horseback along street, spectators line the street, others observe from windows. Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. Image in the Public Domain. (click to expand)

Left: Painting titled "Washington Rallying the Troops at Monmouth;" depicts George Washington at the 1778 Battle of Monmouth. Image in the Public Domain. (click to expand)

Books for further reading
The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789, was the first book to appear in the The Oxford History of the United States. This first work was authored by the late Robert Middlekauff, former Professor of American History at UC Berkeley and Harmsworth Professor of American History at Oxford University. First published in 1982 and revised and expanded in 2005, The Glorious Cause, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, remains the best work on the American Revolutionary War. 

Multimedia: Video, Web, and Photo
History Channel website: Revolutionary War  | Website: National Park Service: Timeline of the Revolution  |  Video: YouTube: Washington Leads the Revolution