CSPAN3 American Artifacts September 1, 2014
Tavern. Being down here in lower anhattan, you were the center of commerce. So it was location, location, location. It was a popular tavern. Politics of the time really kicking up and Samuel Fraunces was a patriot. Tavern named after your king and queen was not a good idea. Referred to it as sam Fraunces Tavern which is know the building as today. Kitchen which was very uncommon at the time. And the late 1760s when the politics were happening, very different types of people would meet here the sons of liberty. So the upstair, the second floor Fraunces Tavern was a private room, the long room f...