On Dec. 4, 1783, nine days after the last British soldier left American soil, Gen. George Washington went to Fraunces Tavern in New York City. Since being constructed in 1719, that building had operated as a boarding house and bar. Washington chose the tavern’s Long Room as the site to bid a final farewell to his officers from the Continental Army.
People who drop by the dining and drinking establishment today, as I did recently, can see that historic room. They might also check out an extensive collection of Colonial American, Revolutionary War, and Early Republic artifacts.
