Tun Tavern

There is no member of the United States Marine Corps who is not aware of the importance of Tun Tavern to the Corps origins. To Freemasons in America, Tun Tavern is an important part of their story. Yet little is known of its history. Historian George Holmes has compiled the most concise account to date on the establishment that played such a vital role in early Philadelphia history when the city was new. Within the pages of Tun Tavern Freemasons and Marines will find the story of their beginnings in the City of Brotherly Love, told as part of the history of the simple edifice whose story is anything but simple. The handbook has many pictures and illustrations that serve as a record of the events that took place in the Tun whose enigmatic history is pieced together with satisfying clarity within its pages.