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Battles of Lexington and Concord Dinner (Featuring Fraunces Tavern® Museum Book Award Presentation)

  • Fraunces Tavern® Museum 54 Pearl Street New York, NY, 10004 United States (map)

Reception:
$30 Non-Members | $25 Museum, SRNY, and other Society Members

Reception + signed book:
$55 Non-Members | $50 Museum, SRNY, and other Society Members

Reception + dinner:
$140 Non-Members | $125 Museum, SRNY, and other Society Members

Reception, dinner, + signed book: $165 Non-Members | $150 Museum, SRNY, and other Society Members

RSVP by April 19.

On April 22, 2024, Sons of the Revolution℠ in the State of New York, Inc. invite you to gather with them to commemorate the Battles of Lexington and Concord, which took place on April 19, 1775. At this commemoration, they will also honor the winner of the Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award, presented annually to the author of the best newly published work on the American Revolutionary War that combines original scholarship, insight, and good writing. This year's winner is Washington’s Marines: The Origins of the Corps and the American Revolution, 1775-1777 by Major General Jason Q. Bohm.

The Reception begins at 6:30 p.m. with brief remarks from the author in Fraunces Tavern Museum at 54 Pearl Street, New York City. Dinner will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Bissell Room of Fraunces Tavern Restaurant and includes a lecture from the author, Q&A, and award presentation.