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2 days ago · The Tun Tavern Legacy Foundation, Inc. recently announced that it had purchased land on which to build a replica of the Marine Corps’ birthplace, which will be located around 250 yards from the ...
2 days ago · The Tun Tavern Legacy Foundation, a group of influential Philadelphians who have been a part of the Marine Corps, the Freemasons, and other Tun-connected organizations, wants to re-create the Tun ...
Philadelphia, PA 19115. www.thetun.org. Learn More About Us. Click Here To Contribute. The Tun Tavern is being rebuilt and scheduled to open November 2025 to coincide with the Navy and Marine Corps 250th Homecoming Celebration in Philadelphia.
Nov 6, 2013 · As the men prepare to answer this call to arms, more join them within the walls of this place, known as Tun Tavern. Located in Philadelphia, Penn., this establishment played an integral role in...
1 day ago · Philadelphia's Tun Tavern will be rebuilt as a restaurant and historical exhibit in Old City to honor its history as the place where the U.S. Marine Corps, a masonic lodge and several other ...
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.
2 days ago · When the Marine Corps turns 250, Marines may get to raise a pint to the Corps in the place where it supposedly all began. The nonprofit Tun Tavern Legacy Foundation announced in a news release Monday it has acquired land to rebuild “an authentic reproduction” of the tavern where, as legend has it, the few and the proud got their start.
