Come to Independence National Historic Park and hear the Philadelphia Tour Guides Association tell the under-emphasized history and the history that the Trump Adminstration hopes to censor. We are telling the stories of black patriots, Jewish patriots, women patriots, and others who made our nation great.
The Importance of Taverns in America – The Tavern Act ensured that public houses were constructed along England’s (and her colony’s) major highways and at her ports. This was done principally to support commerce but since these were often the largest and most accessible buildings in many communities, taverns took a major role in keeping […]
Come to Independence National Historic Park and hear the Philadelphia Tour Guides Association tell the under-emphasized history and the history that the Trump Adminstration hopes to censor. We are telling the stories of black patriots, Jewish patriots, women patriots, and others who made our nation great.
Come to Independence National Historic Park and hear the Philadelphia Tour Guides Association tell the under-emphasized history and the history that the Trump Adminstration hopes to censor. We are telling the stories of black patriots, Jewish patriots, women patriots, and others who made our nation great.
Immersive 18th Century Tavern Experience Outside the church, the tavern was the most important institution in most towns. Taverns were used as meeting places for political assemblies (like the militia or the courts). When people needed to conduct business meetings or hold markets, their choices were generally the church or the tavern. Since the Colonial […]
Immersive 18th Century Tavern Experience Outside the church, the tavern was the most important institution in most towns. Taverns were used as meeting places for political assemblies (like the militia or the courts). When people needed to conduct business meetings or hold markets, their choices were generally the church or the tavern. Since the Colonial […]
Immersive 18th Century Tavern Experience Outside the church, the tavern was the most important institution in most towns. Taverns were used as meeting places for political assemblies (like the militia or the courts). When people needed to conduct business meetings or hold markets, their choices were generally the church or the tavern. Since the Colonial […]
Presentation to the William Penn Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Abington, PA Since the records were discovered in the late 1970’s, numerous presentations, books, movies/TV shows, and presentations have been made about George Washington’s spies. These presentations are almost exclusively centered on the MEN (like Nathan Hale) who conducted covert […]
Codes and Cyphers of the American Revolution Going into the Revolution, Americans were at a huge disadvantage to the European powers when it came to cryptography, many of which had been using secret offices where sensitive letters were opened and deciphered by public officials for centuries. It was not uncommon for the messages of Revolutionary […]
Come to Independence National Historic Park and hear the Philadelphia Tour Guides Association tell the under-emphasized history and the history that the Trump Adminstration hopes to censor. We are telling the stories of black patriots, Jewish patriots, women patriots, and others who made our nation great.
Long before the American Revolutionary War, the British Army in North America learned from the French the importance of spruce beer for treating and preventing scurvy and keeping their soldiers “fit for service.” John Knox, an officer in the 43rd Regiment of Foot, insisted that his troops at Louisburg (1745) be supplied with spruce beer, […]
Long before the American Revolutionary War, the British Army in North America learned from the French the importance of spruce beer for treating and preventing scurvy and keeping their soldiers “fit for service.” John Knox, an officer in the 43rd Regiment of Foot, insisted that his troops at Louisburg (1745) be supplied with spruce beer, […]
Come to Independence National Historic Park and hear the Philadelphia Tour Guides Association tell the under-emphasized history and the history that the Trump Adminstration hopes to censor. We are telling the stories of black patriots, Jewish patriots, women patriots, and others who made our nation great.
