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Tun Tavern was a tavern and brewery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which was a founding or early meeting place for a number of notable groups. It is traditionally regarded as the site where what became the United States Marine Corps held its first recruitment drive during the American Revolution. [ 1 ]
The earliest minute book of any Masonic lodge on the North American continent is that for Tun Tavern Lodge No. 3 of the Moderns in Philadelphia. [3] The Tun Tavern was the first "brew house" in the city, being built in 1685, and was located on the waterfront at the corner of Water Street and Tun Alley.
Tun Tavern, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is regarded as the birthplace of the Corps as the location of the first Marines to enlist under Commandant Samuel Nicholas, [2] [3] [4] though it is disputed if a recruiting drive may have occurred earlier at Nicholas's family tavern, the Conestoga Waggon . [5]
Tun Tavern Restaurant & Brewery is a brewpub in Atlantic City in Atlantic County, New Jersey. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The brewery opened to the public in 1998 and was named for the historical Tun Tavern , a colonial establishment located in Philadelphia from 1685–1781.
The last time Congress met at a tavern it was at Fraunces Tavern. The Tun Tavern in Philadelphia is regarded as the place where the U.S. Marines were first recruited. [citation needed] Neither place still exists, but a reconstruction of City Tavern in Philadelphia still operates.
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Kalaya, also known as Kalaya Thai Kitchen, [1] [2] is a Southern Thai restaurant in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania owned by Chutatip "Nok" Suntaranon. [3] [4] [5] [6 ...
The United States Marine Corps founded in Tun Tavern; 1776 January 10: Thomas Paine's Common Sense published; July 4: United States Declaration of Independence signed in the Pennsylvania State House; December 12: threat of British occupation of Philadelphia prompts Congress to move to Baltimore at Henry Fite House for two months; 1777