September 21, 2024
4:00 pm
Morgan Log House
850 Weikel Rd
Lansdale, PA 19446

Public houses and taverns played an integral role in the commercial life of the American Colonies.  They weren’t simply places to drink. They were a place to meet like-minded individuals, meeting places at which to conduct business, and clearinghouses for news about both local and global events.  The local tavern quite likely was the test bed for revolutionary ideas like independence.

All along the newly cut roads and canals, and literally anywhere people had to rest while moving from one location to another in the colonies, taverns sprang up.  These taverns quickly became central locations for several aspects of colonial life. In taverns people drank and read the news of the day aloud to their fellow travelers.  Also, in an era when mass production of books and newspapers was limited and other forms of public entertainment were quite rare, people would gather in taverns to share a story, sing, and debate ideas of the time. 

It was in Boston’s Green Dragon Tavern that the Sons of Liberty discussed, then planned the Boston Tea Party, and in Philadelphia’s Tun Tavern US Marine Corps recruited its first enlistees.  Tradition has it that the delegates of both the first and second Continental Congress conducted a large part of their negotiations and planning in the City Tavern.  Taverns are, as Noah Webster would remark, the “birthplace of the American Revolution.” 

With that in mind, take yourself to June 1785. We have just won the war but securing the peace is far from done. Our first constitution, the Articles of Confederation, was a wartime compromise and the union it created is falling apart. The British have not honored all the terms of the Treaty of Paris and keep forts in the Northwest Territories, the nation is in debt and cannot pay its bills, the states are on the verge of war over trade and borders. We need to plan a new treason and overthrow the current régime but this time it needs to be done with diplomacy and statesmanship not arms. What better place to debate the issues of the day than in a tavern. We are setting up the Admiral of the Blue Apron at the the Morgan Log House to host your debates on this new constitution. We will have all manner of libations and other programming for you to enjoy as well.

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