The Fraunces Tavern Museum will host “Reevaluating Our Revolutionary French Allies,” a free virtual lecture looking at the French Count de Rochambeau’s army during the American Revolution by Norman Desmarais, set for Thursday, January 13th. [Read more…] about Reevaluating Our Revolutionary French Allies (Virtual Program)
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Colonial Era Desserts (Virtual Program)
The Fraunces Tavern Museum and Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center have announced Tavern Tastings: Desserts, a virtual program set for Tuesday, January 11th at 6:30 pm.
This program will be led by Fraunces Tavern Museum’s Mary Tsaltas-Ottomanelli and Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center’s Catherine Prescott, who will explore different varieties of desserts from colonial North America, including those created by Samuel Fraunces himself. [Read more…] about Colonial Era Desserts (Virtual Program)
A Short History of New York City’s ‘Evacuation Day’
At noon on November 25, 2014 about 25 people gathered at the flag poles at the north end of Manhattan’s Bowling Green to raise a specially designed flag with 13 stars and stripes.
It was a replica of the flag which was raised at the same spot on November 25, 1783 (Evacuation Day) when George Washington’s Continental army had marched into New York City officially ending the American Revolutionary War. [Read more…] about A Short History of New York City’s ‘Evacuation Day’
American Rebels: Hancock, Adams & Quincy Families (Virtual Lecture)
The Fraunces Tavern Museum will host “American Rebels: How the Hancock, Adams, and Quincy Families Fanned the Flames of Revolution,” a virtual lecture looking at the connections between leading families of the American Revolution on Thursday, November 11th. [Read more…] about American Rebels: Hancock, Adams & Quincy Families (Virtual Lecture)
Washington and the Battle of Germantown (Free Virtual Lecture)
Today, Germantown is a busy neighborhood in Philadelphia. On October 4, 1777, it was a small village on the outskirts of the colonial capital whose surrounding fields and streets witnessed one of the largest battles of the American Revolution.
The bloody battle represented George Washington’s attempt to recapture Philadelphia, but has long been overshadowed by better-known events like Brandywine, Saratoga, and Valley Forge.
Despite a complicated plan of attack, George Washington’s Continental Army seemed on the verge of victory at Germantown, until decisions at the highest levels of the army took that promised victory away.
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Samuel Fraunces, Revolutionary Tavernkeeper Free Virtual Talk
The Fraunces Tavern Museum will host “Samuel Fraunces: Revolutionary Tavernkeeper and Patriot,” a presentation by Mary Tsaltas-Ottomanelli on Monday, September 13th. [Read more…] about Samuel Fraunces, Revolutionary Tavernkeeper Free Virtual Talk
Rise and Fall of Benjamin Franklin’s Glass Armonica
In 1719, Étienne [Stephen] De Lancey built his house on a site at 54 Pearl Street on the corner of Broad Street which had been given to him by his father-in-law Stephanus van Cortlandt, New York’s Mayor. The small yellow bricks used in its construction were imported from the Dutch Republic.
In 1762, his heirs sold the property to Samuel Fraunces who converted the home into a tavern, first named the Queen’s Head and later known as Fraunces Tavern. [Read more…] about Rise and Fall of Benjamin Franklin’s Glass Armonica
American Revolutionary Soldier-Mariners
On the stormy night of August 29, 1776, the Continental Army faced capture or annihilation after losing the Battle of Brooklyn. The fate of the Revolution rested upon the shoulders of the soldier-mariners from Marblehead, Massachusetts, who saved the army by navigating the treacherous waters of the river. White, Black, Hispanic, and Native American, this uniquely diverse group of soldiers set an inclusive standard the US Army would not reach again for more than 170 years. [Read more…] about American Revolutionary Soldier-Mariners
Espionage and Enslavement in the Revolution
The Fraunces Tavern Museum will host author Claire Bellerjeau for a talk about her new book Espionage and Enslavement in the Revolution (Lyons Press, 2021) on Thursday, July 8th. [Read more…] about Espionage and Enslavement in the Revolution
Black Patriots’, Gadsden, Rev War Flags Subject of Exhibit
The Fraunces Tavern Museum has announced two new exhibitions, An American Emblem of Magnanimity and To the Beat of Their Own Drums: Regimental Flags of the American Revolution, set to open on Friday, April 2nd. [Read more…] about Black Patriots’, Gadsden, Rev War Flags Subject of Exhibit