Drink like a Founding Father at these NY and NJ bars

Key Points:

• Emmy Award-winning travel host Darley Newman highlights historic taverns and inns across the original 13 colonies where Founding Fathers like George Washington and Alexander Hamilton gathered, revealing their lively social lives during the American Revolution.
• Fraunces Tavern in NYC, a key Revolutionary site where Washington gave his farewell address and Hamilton dined with Burr, offers a special colonial dinner and presidential punch to celebrate America's 250th anniversary.
• Other notable locations include the Olde Bryan Inn in Saratoga Springs, NY, linked to Revolutionary War espionage, and Baird’s Tavern in Warwick, NY, frequented by George and Martha Washington during the war.
• In New Jersey, the Nassau Inn in Princeton and Glenbrook Brewery in Morristown serve as living reminders of Revolutionary history, with special anniversary brews and ties to key military events and figures.
• Flounder Brewing Co. in Hillsborough Township, NJ, and Sweet Clover Farm in Highland Mills, NY, also honor Revolutionary heritage through historic preservation and themed beverages, connecting modern visitors to the nation’s founding era.