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Show PLACE OF HISTORICAL MEMORY. Fraunce's Tavern In New York a National Na-tional Institution. Both bocauso of Its antiquity and bo-causo bo-causo of tho many hlstorlrnl memories that aro associated with It, rrnunce's Tnvorn In New York well deserves to bo tnken over by tho city anil maintained main-tained ns public property forever. Short of that, howover. it Is not unfitting un-fitting that It should now become tho headnuurtom of tho New York State Society of tho Sons of tho Revolution, which hns now purchased It. Tho tnvcrn stands at the southeast corner of llrond and l'cnrl streets, and originally was tho mansion of the De-lancoy De-lancoy family. Having later been turned Into a tavern, It buramo as early as 17C8 assured of historical momory, for In that yenr it witnessed tho organization of tho Now York Chnmbcr of Commerce. Tho ovent which gave It Its widest fntno, however, was WuHhington's fnro-well fnro-well meeting with his oMcers at tho closo of tho revolutionary war. Washington Wash-ington choso It for his headquarters when ho entered tho city after tho ovaeuatlon by tho Ilrltlsh. Ho remained re-mained In Now York but nlno dnys, and then nt noon on Thursday, Dec. , 1783, ho summoned tho chiefs of his army to meet him In tho great room of tho tavern. It was ono of tho fow occasions In Washington's life when ho gavo way to emotion. With tho men beforo him ho had siiarcd the perils nnd hardships of tho long years of tho wnr. His words to them wero: "With n heart full of lovo and grntitudo I now tako leavo of j on, and most devoutly wish your lattor days may be as prosperous prosper-ous and happy as your former ones havo been glorious nnd honorable." Ho drank their lienlth, ami after o pauso said: "I cannot como to each of you to tako my leavo, but shall bo obllgod If you will each como and shake mo by tho hand." Gen. Knox enmo forward first and thou the other officers silently in turn. Afterwards, as beforo, tho tavern was long tho gathering placo of the men of wealth and fashion of Now York. Many a political movement In tho early days of thn republic had Its headquarters there, and tho meetings of tho Clinton mon. who called thorn-solves thorn-solves "Federal Republicans," nro especially remembered. Fow American Ameri-can buildings hnvo had un "actlvo llfo" If that term may bo used which stretched over so long a period as had Fraunco's Tavern. |