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The White Horse Tavern, Newport, RI

26 Marlborough St
Newport , RI 02840
United States

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A grassy yard filled with blooming yellow daffodils stretches across the foreground. Behind the flowers stands a large historic red building with white trim, multiple windows, and a small columned portico at the main entrance.

White Horse Tavern, Newport, RI

Kenneth C. Zirkel

 

Established in 1673, the oldest tavern in the United States.  Loyalists and British troops were quartered there during the British occupation of Newport in the American Revolution, around the time of the Battle of Rhode Island. It is rumored that Benjamin Franklin patronized the tavern when visiting his brother James, who operated a printing press in town.

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