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So along with the Marine Corps, America's 2.3 million Freemasons can celebrate Tun Tavern as their origin. Eventually, the owners of Tun Tavern began to recognize the importance of having some food to go along with their beverage offerings and expanded the tavern to include a restaurant, Peggy Mullan's Red Hot Beef Steak Club, by the 1740s.
Nicholas’s grandfather was also a member of the Tun Tavern Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons and it is this relationship between Mullan, Nicholas and the Tavern which has resulted in the Tun Tavern being acknowledged as the birthplace of the United States Marine Corps.
Step back in time and experience the rich history of the Marine Corps at Tun Tavern, a full-service restaurant located within the National Museum of the Marine Corps. Inspired by the original Tun Tavern in Philadelphia, where the Marine Corps was reputedly founded, this establishment combines historical charm with modern amenities. The themed ...
Join us the historic Tun Tavern located inside the National Museum of the Marine Corps. We are located right off of I-95 for easy access (no base access or IDing required). The Museum offers free admission and free parking, as well as RV parking, dog park and playground for the perfect roadtrip stop.
Also a meeting place for social and military organizations, Tun Tavern is best remembered as the “birthplace” of the United States Marine Corps. Its patrons included such noteworthy Americans as Benjamin Franklin (1706-90), John Adams (1735-1826), and two of the first Marine officers: Samuel Nicholas (1744-90) and Robert Mullan.
The post Tun Tavern, birthplace of the Marine Corps, to be rebuilt appeared first on We Are The Mighty. If you ask a Marine when the Corps was founded, they'll tell you, "November 10, 1775, Tun ...
The Tun Tavern Legacy Foundation, Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed by members of these organizations with origins at Tun Tavern that are still in existence:United States Marines (1775)Pennsylvania Freemasons (1731)St. Andrew’s Society (1747)Society of St. George (1729)The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick (1771)United States Navy (1775)Members of these organizations ...
