My parents took me to NYC — once — when I was very young. My only two memories of that trip are of a wax museum of some sort (scary) and visiting Fraunces Tavern. I have no idea why I remember the Tavern, I guess I had heard something about George Washington, so the Tavern “meant something” to me. I was probably 4 at the time.
Fraunces Tavern at Broad and Pearl Sts.
The Sons of Liberty met here in the 1760s; from 1765 through 1770 NYC was the hotbed of revolution, whereas it shifted to Boston afterward. Sam Fraunces was half white and half black and very close to Gen. Washington; he was put in charge of President Washington's food in his residence in NYC.
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I hope they have made other improvements. In the old bar, the Coke was FLAT. You couldn't get a decent Captain and Coke to save your life. Let's see if the gas lines are better this time around.
The decor looks so much more inviting. Tons of new bars have opened within a three block radius in the past few years so this place needed a face lift. Can't wait.
Cool. I in the middle of reading D. McCullough’s 1776 right now.
How cool! I've been by the Fraunces Tavern probably hundreds of times, but have never been inside. Looking forward to a visit at some point soon...
Thanks for the ping, Pharmboy.
So what’s a pint cost ya? I’d guess about $10!
Ruh roh ... exposed filament bulbs? I hope they stock up on lots of replacements or find a way to declare them as heat globes.
Had Thanksgiving dinner at Fraunce’s some years back. The interior wasn’t much to look at it, being peppered with “modern upgrades,” but you did have a sense of history thanks to it’s connection with His Excellency.
"During the 1970s and 1980s, FALN members set off at least 138 bombs in five major U.S. Cities. Six Americans were killed in those attacks. One of those bombings, in January 1975, was at the historic Fraunces Tavern in lower Manhattan while patrons were at lunch. The explosion killed four and injured more than 50."
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/05/bill_hillary_and_the_faln.html
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"Fraunces Tavern is a restaurant and museum in lower Manhattan, New York City. It was built on the site of a former building which played a significant role in pre-Revolutionary activities, and in which, on 4 December 1783, General George Washington bade farewell to his officers at the end of the Revolution, before returning to his home, Mount Vernon."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraunces_Tavern
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"Between 1974 and 1985 the FALN (Puerto Rican Armed Forces of National Liberation) organized 120 terrorist bombings in the United States. Many Americans were killed in those bombings, and many more were crippled. In 1983, another Puerto Rican terrorist group known as the Macheteros, attacked and robbed a Wells Fargo armored car in Connecticut. The Macheteros intended to use the money to finance a terrorist campaign against the United States. Working under the cover of Puerto Rican nationalism and claiming to act on behalf of the 'oppressed people of Puerto Rico,' the FALN and the Macheteros are nothing but Communist revolutionaries. Both groups were organized by Fidel Castro's secret police. The ultimate goal of the FALN and the Macheteros is the creation of an independent Marxist-Leninist dictatorship on the island of Puerto Rico."
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=19760
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Eric Holder, Bill Clinton, Wright's 'Black Liberation' "church", and the pardons of 16 members of the Puerto Rican Marxist terrorist group FALN:(Wright's Marxist BLT 'church' (Obama's 'church' for 20+ years) advocated for FALN terrorists)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2165024/posts
I’ve had a few pints there... they were good pints too :-)
