Recently, hearing we were off on a sort of Hamilton pilgrimage, a friend mentioned that we should go to Fraunces Tavern, which I had never heard of. A working tavern dating back to the American Revolution it was the site where Washington bid farewell to his officers in 1783.
We went to Fraunces Tavern yesterday
as part of our outing to Trinity Church where Hamilton is buried.
Miles reading the Federalist Papers on his phone (ha ha).
Pub fare: stout and fish and chips with smashed peas.
This morning, reading some of Hamilton, The Revolution, about how the stage show came to be, I saw a stage direction at the bottom of the song Aaron Burr, Sir. It said "They enter Fraunces Tavern..."(!!!)
See below in the second photo, as well as the footnote at bottom right on the page.
Cheers to that.
It's so wonderful that Fraunces Tavern is still around, and it's great that you went there! Such an exciting place and one of the best NYC neighborhoods.
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