Burnham Tavern
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Burnham Tavern is a historic tavern on Main Street (now Colonial Way) in Machias, Maine.
It was built in 1770 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
The tavern is operated as the Burnham Tavern Museum by the Hannah Weston Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution
(DAR). Featuring late 18th period furnishings, the house includes artifacts from the Battle of Machias
, the first naval battle of the American Revolutionary War
.
It was built in 1770 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
The tavern is operated as the Burnham Tavern Museum by the Hannah Weston Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Daughters of the American Revolution
The Daughters of the American Revolution is a lineage-based membership organization for women who are descended from a person involved in United States' independence....
(DAR). Featuring late 18th period furnishings, the house includes artifacts from the Battle of Machias
Battle of Machias
The Battle of Machias was the first naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War...
, the first naval battle of the American Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...
.