6:30 PM- A Toast to History: Whiskey, Taxes and Federalists
June 25, 2022 @ 6:30PM — 7:15PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Add to Calendar
Rising Sun Tavern: 1304 Caroline St Fredericksburg, VA 22401 Get Directions
Belly up to the bar for a history lesson and a drink!
Join Washington Heritage Museums at the Rising Sun Tavern for an evening of historic drinks and stories of America's tumultuous early years. Step into our authentic tavern and learn about the ways whiskey shaped the early United States. Through conflicts and celebrations, laws and protests, whiskey came to symbolize the unique and independent spirit of this new nation. Sample some of the most popular whiskey-based drinks and other refreshments enjoyed by the patrons of historic taverns in the years that tested and forged America.
This event is limited to guests aged 21+.