Rev250 Speaker Series: "Accommodating the Republic: How Taverns Encouraged Travel, Innovation, and Civic Engagement in the New United States"

Saturday, Nov 22^nd, 2025

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Cost:

Free! Registration required.

Contact Name:

Elisabeth Tatum

Address:

Elmendorph Inn
7562 N. Broadway
Red Hook, NY 12571

Phone:

(845) 758-1920

Website

https://www.historicredhook.org

Contact:

info@historicredhook.org

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Join Historic Red Hook for a program from Dr. Kirsten E. Wood "Accommodating the Republic: How Taverns Encouraged Travel, Innovation, and Civic Engagement in the New United States." This program will take place at the Elmendorph Inn. Refreshments will be provided.

In the early 19th century, taverns were famously places for white men to drink, exchange the news, or rest after a long day's travel. Enterprising white men also visited local and wayside taverns to promote innovative businesses, cultivate social capital, and rally support for favored causes. Yet white men did not have taverns to themselves, because work, travel, and activism brought some white women and free Black men and women to taverns, and even indentured and enslaved people sometimes used taverns for their own ends. Because taverns were heavily scrutinized public places and often hosted elections and other government business, when diverse Americans vied for control over taverns, they helped shape the meanings and boundaries of citizenship in the nation itself.

This program is part of Historic Red Hook's Fall Rev250 Speaker Series at the Elmendorph Inn featuring five talks on the Revolution’s impact in Dutchess County and the evolving cultural landscape of the Hudson Valley.

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Attached photo by Pieter Estersohn