Bogart's Tavern
Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Marker Inscription
First licensed in 1763, it was headquarters of the Committee of Observation and Inspection, which organized the revolutionary movement in Bucks County in 1775 & 1776. It was also the site where the county's first military organizations of the Revolution mustered in 1775, & served as General Nathanael Greene's Headquarters in 1776.
Erected by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
The Story
Colonial taverns were more than watering holes — they were the meeting halls where revolution was organized in plain sight. Licensed in 1763, Bogart's Tavern became the headquarters of Bucks County's Committee of Observation and Inspection, the local engine of the resistance in 1775 and 1776. It was here that the county's first Revolutionary military companies mustered, and General Nathanael Greene made it his headquarters in 1776.
Why it matters
It shows how the American Revolution was built from the ground up in ordinary community spaces, not just in the halls of Congress.
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Related people
- · Nathanael Greene
Related events
- · American Revolution
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