Do tavern
The Tun Tavern (from old English "do", to German : "barrel, barrel") was a pub in Philadelphia in the US state of Pennsylvania . It is considered the founding place of the United States Marine Corps , the marine infantry of the United States , and therefore plays an important role in the self-image of this branch of the armed forces .
The original Tun Tavern fell victim to the construction of Interstate 95 in 1959. The National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico , Virginia operates a faithful replica.
history
Samuel Carpenter founded the Tun Tavern near the Delaware River in 1685 . At the time, the pub was on Tun Street , so he chose the name from a logical point of view. From 1720, the St. George's Society , which campaigned for the charitable support of newly arriving English settlers, met regularly in the Tun Tavern .
From 1732 onwards, the Freemasons of the Pennsylvania Grand Lodge were regular patrons of the establishment. On June 24, 1734, its members elected Benjamin Franklin as their grand master , and to this day the Philadelphia Grand Lodge recognizes the tavern as the origin of American Freemasonry.
About a decade later, a new owner expanded the pub and named the addition Peggy Mullan's Red Hot Beef Steak Club at Tun Tavern . The expansion turned into a great business success, so that some well-known American personalities promoted the inn. In 1747 the St. Andrew's Society was founded in the Tun Tavern , committed to Scottish immigrants.
In 1756 Benjamin Franklin, now a Colonel , founded the Pennsylvania Militia , which was under the Continental Army . He determined the pub as the meeting point for his unit. In addition, he recruited many young men for his regiment on the occasion of the Indian Wars, which militarily afflicted the settlers at that time. George Washington , Thomas Jefferson and other members of the Continental Congress also met in the pub to prepare for independence from the English crown.
On November 10, 1775, the Continental Congress commissioned Samuel Nicholas to set up the first two battalions of the Continental Marines , which gradually evolved into what is now the United States' marine infantry. He appointed Robert Mullan, the owner of Tun Tavern , to be the new unit's chief recruiter. Mullan carried out this activity in his pub and lured young men with alcohol for military service. In return, he benefited from the agreement that men who were already willing to commit to his restaurant.