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May 17, 2012

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Keeping the Revolution Alive: The John Ward Dunsmore Collection

Keeping the Revolution Alive: The John Ward Dunsmore Collection

Fraunces Tavern Museum
54 Pearl Street
(at Broad Street)
New York, NY  10004
Tel: (212) 425-1778
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Dates

Ongoing

Hours

Mon – Sun: 12 pm – 5 pm

Starting Sept 11, 2011, the museum is closed on Sun.
Painter John Ward Dunsmore, known for his faithful and realistic depictions of the battles of the Revolutionary War, is the subject of this exhibition dealing with the iconography of American culture.
  • Directions: Subway: R to Whitehall Street; 4, 5 to Bowling Green; 1 to South Ferry; J, Z to Broad Street

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Fraunces Tavern Museum

The site of George Washington's emotional farewell to his officers at the end of the Revolutionary War, this reconstructed 18th-century building hosts varied exhibits on the early history of the United States.
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Fraunces Tavern Museum Listings

  • The Clinton Room

    Ongoing This room has been recreated to look how it did in 1783, when New York governor George Clinton held a dinner there for George Washington in celebration of the evacuation of British soldiers from New York.

  • The Long Room

    Ongoing This room serves as an accurate reconstruction of the 18th-century dining room where George Washington made his farewell address to his troops at the end of the revolution.

  • A Flash of Color

    Ongoing On display are over 200 flags owned by the Sons of the Revolution.

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