New exhibition!
Private Dining at Fraunces Tavern
Opening Saturday, January 21

This new permanent exhibition portrays one of Fraunces Tavern’s private dining rooms in the late 18th century. Government officials and prominent members of society (including many of the country’s Founding Fathers), as well as private clubs and companies used these rooms to meet and entertain away from the Tavern’s public rooms. And while other taverns were providing average communal fare, Samuel Fraunces was making culinary history. Fraunces was one of the first to offer not only delicious food, but also at any time of day, in an elegant setting with individual table service.

The exhibition will showcase the City’s colonial foodways (the eating habits and culinary practices of a people, region, or historical period) and their influence on the cooking at Fraunces Tavern. It will also provide more information on the prominent individuals who dined at the Tavern during this period. Fraunces, his household, and the food, furnishings, and patrons who filled these private dining rooms exemplified New York’s status as a global port city, where people from different backgrounds influenced the culture and cuisine of what would soon become the United States of America.

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Tallmadge Day Meeting and Optional Dinner

Monday, January 23
6:30pm reception | 7:00pm meeting and lecture
8:00pm optional dinner

On Monday, January 23, 2023, SRNY commemorates the birthday of Frederick Samuel Tallmadge, the second President of the Sons of the Revolution? in the State of New York, Inc., whose generosity enabled the Society to acquire Fraunces Tavern in 1904.

The reception is at 6:30 pm followed by the program at 7:00 pm in the Davis Flag Gallery, Fraunces Tavern Museum, 54 Pearl Street, New York City, followed by an optional dinner at 8:00 pm in a room in the Fraunces Tavern® Restaurant. Our speaker will be Alyssa Loorya, Ph.D., RPA, founder and president of Chrysalis Archaeological Consultants, who received her Ph.D. in 2018 from the CUNY Graduate Center.  Chrysalis Archaeological Consultants is a cultural resource management company in New York City that researches, excavates, and analyzes sites to assess their historical or archaeological impact.  Since opening in 2001, the company has worked on hundreds of projects, including some which uncovered artifacts relating to the Revolutionary War.  Alyssa will present “Revolutionary New York: An Archaeological Perspective”.

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Ticket sales for the in-person event have closed.
Please register to join the virtual Zoom presentation at 7pm.

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The George Washington Birthday Ball, hosted by Sons of the Revolution? in the State of New York, Inc., is held each year to honor George Washington and to benefit Fraunces Tavern Museum.

The 146th George Washington Birthday Ball will be held on Friday, February 24, 2023 at 7:00pm EST. Tickets are on sale now.

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