American Revolution 250 Commission
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The official account of the American Revolution 250 Commission (VA250), established to commemorate Virginia's role in the 250th anniversary of American independence. 📬 Join our mailing list https://va250.org/newsletter/
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July 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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5/5: How important were taverns in military strategy? Would they have been more effective than formal meeting halls? Let’s talk! 👇 #VA250
July 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
5/5: How important were taverns in military strategy? Would they have been more effective than formal meeting halls? Let’s talk! 👇 #VA250
4/5: Though the original building is lost to time, its role in Virginia’s Revolutionary War efforts remains legendary! 🏛️ #RevolutionaryVirginia
July 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
4/5: Though the original building is lost to time, its role in Virginia’s Revolutionary War efforts remains legendary! 🏛️ #RevolutionaryVirginia
3/5: Petersburg was a critical supply hub, and Patriots at the Raleigh Tavern helped coordinate the movement of troops and goods for the war effort. 🚀🍺
July 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
3/5: Petersburg was a critical supply hub, and Patriots at the Raleigh Tavern helped coordinate the movement of troops and goods for the war effort. 🚀🍺
2/5: Virginia militia officers gathered here to plan operations against British forces in the southern theater of the war. ⚔️📜
July 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
2/5: Virginia militia officers gathered here to plan operations against British forces in the southern theater of the war. ⚔️📜
4/5: Wetherburn’s Tavern is still standing today in Colonial Williamsburg—where you can sit in the very rooms where Patriots and Loyalists argued over pints! 🍻 #HistoricVirginia
July 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
4/5: Wetherburn’s Tavern is still standing today in Colonial Williamsburg—where you can sit in the very rooms where Patriots and Loyalists argued over pints! 🍻 #HistoricVirginia
3/5: With spies on both sides listening in, taverns like Wetherburn’s played a role in spreading intelligence and Revolutionary ideas. 🕵🏽♂️📜
July 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
3/5: With spies on both sides listening in, taverns like Wetherburn’s played a role in spreading intelligence and Revolutionary ideas. 🕵🏽♂️📜
2/5: Revolutionaries like George Wythe and Thomas Jefferson gathered here, often debating with Loyalists still loyal to the Crown. 🍺🔥
July 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
2/5: Revolutionaries like George Wythe and Thomas Jefferson gathered here, often debating with Loyalists still loyal to the Crown. 🍺🔥
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July 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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4/5: The Swan Tavern was burned during the battle, but its history as a meeting place for revolutionaries lives on! 🏛️ #HistoricVirginia
July 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
4/5: The Swan Tavern was burned during the battle, but its history as a meeting place for revolutionaries lives on! 🏛️ #HistoricVirginia
3/5: Yorktown wasn’t just a battlefield—it was also a place of covert strategy and secret Patriot meetings in places like this! 🔥🍺 #RevolutionaryVirginia
July 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
3/5: Yorktown wasn’t just a battlefield—it was also a place of covert strategy and secret Patriot meetings in places like this! 🔥🍺 #RevolutionaryVirginia
2/5: Some say Lafayette’s aides and Washington’s spies gathered here to share intelligence on British troop movements before the decisive battle. ⚔️📜
July 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
2/5: Some say Lafayette’s aides and Washington’s spies gathered here to share intelligence on British troop movements before the decisive battle. ⚔️📜
It was a last chance for peace- rejected by the King.
July 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It was a last chance for peace- rejected by the King.
📜 “We shall decline the ungrateful task of describing... the delusive pretences, fruitless terrors, and unavailing severities…”
July 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
📜 “We shall decline the ungrateful task of describing... the delusive pretences, fruitless terrors, and unavailing severities…”