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A commemorative marker stands on the site where the Committee of Safety and the Committee of Supplies met at the Black Horse Tavern on April 18, 1775. Three members stayed at the tavern overnight and escaped when British troops marched by around three o’clock in the morning on April 19.
Public Domain. Richard Canale
