All members are encouraged to attend Board Meetings.

On October 23, 2024, Fraunces Tavern Museum will unveil our vastly enlarged permanent exhibition "The Birch Trials at Fraunces Tavern", highlighting the role of Fraunces Tavern in the emancipation of thousands of Black Loyalists at the end of the Revolutionary War enabling them to leave New York City and the creation of the Book of Negroes. The exhibition expands upon one opened at the Museum in June 2023. Recognition is also given to the thousands of Black Patriots who fought to further the cause of American Independence.

The event will include a reception with wine, beer, and hors d'oeuvres. It will also feature special guests, including a lecture from Andrea Davis, Executive Director of the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre in Nova Scotia, Canada. An optional dinner will follow the event.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit our Fraunces Tavern Museum website.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT, pursuant to Section XVI of the By-Laws, and resolutions of the Membership and the Board of Managers, the Annual Meeting of this Society commenced on December 4, 2023 has been adjourned to, and will be resumed on, Monday, September 16, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT, exclusively in virtual format, for the purpose of the presentation of the Society’s Financial Statements for the Fiscal Years ended September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022, together with the report thereon of Condon O’Meara McGinty & Donnelly LLP,  the Society’s independent auditor, and for the transacting of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. 

This resumed portion of the Annual Meeting is being conducted exclusively as a “virtual meeting”, as permitted by Section 603(a) of the New York Not-For-Profit Corporation Law. Please do not come to Fraunces Tavern® Museum. Please contact the Society office at info@sonsoftherevolution.org or (212) 425-1776 for telephone conference (dial-in) and Zoom login information or with any other questions.

All members are encouraged to attend Board Meetings.

This event is a summer celebration of Colonial & Revolutionary War era taverns, tradition, toasts, and togetherness.  The evening will begin at 6:00 p.m. in the Piano Bar (Nichols Room) on the 2nd floor of Fraunces Tavern Restaurant above the Independence Bar, entrance at 54 Pearl Street, New York City. 

2024 Sponsors

Patrons (as of 7/16/2024)

• Steven Baker

• Lorraine Bell

• Charles E. Dorkey III

• Peter C. Hein

• Owen A. Kloter

• Devon Pentz

• Frank Riggio

• Peter J.W. Sherwin

• Ling Zhang

All members are encouraged to attend Board Meetings.

Celebrate America’s Independence at Fraunces Tavern Museum with $1 admission all day long!

More information coming soon.

Join us for an opening preview reception, lecture, and optional dinner on June 24 for our upcoming special exhibition, Lafayette: A Hero’s Return, opening to the public on June 25.

TICKETS

Museum Member/SRNY/Other Society Reception and Lecture: $25

Non-member Reception and Lecture: $30

Museum/SRNY/Other Society Member
Reception, Lecture, and Dinner: $125

Non-member Reception, Lecture, and Dinner: $140

Visit our Fraunces Tavern Museum Website to purchase your tickets!

All members are encouraged to attend Board Meetings.

Our 2024 Flag Day parade will kick off at Noon on Friday, June 14 from City Hall Park, follows down Broadway, and ends at the grandstand in front of Fraunces Tavern at about 12:30pm. The Ceremony includes the student Essay Contest winners reading their essays on “What the American Flag Means to Me” and more! All are welcome to attend this ceremony.

More information available on our Fraunces Tavern Museum website.

All members are encouraged to attend Board Meetings.

Since 1972, the Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award has been presented annually to the author of the best newly published work on the American Revolutionary War, combining original scholarship, insight, and good writing. This award is one way the Museum fulfills its mission to educate the public about the Revolution and acknowledge the historical community dedicated to the study and public education regarding the American fight for freedom.

On April 22, 2024, Sons of the Revolution℠ in the State of New York, Inc. invite you to gather with us to commemorate the Battles of Lexington and Concord, which took place on April 19, 1775. At this commemoration, we will also honor the winner of the Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award; presented annually to the author of the best newly published work on the American Revolutionary War that combines original scholarship, insight, and good writing.

Ticket Information
(on sale now through April 19)

Reception:
$30 Public | $25 Museum, SRNY, and other Society Members

Reception and signed book:
$55 Public | $50 Museum, SRNY, and other Society Members

Reception and dinner:
$140 Public | $125 Museum, SRNY, and other Society Members

Reception, dinner, and signed book:
$165 Public | $150 Museum, SRNY, and other Society Members

All members are encouraged to attend Board Meetings.

All members are encouraged to attend Board Meetings.

The 134th Annual Church Service commemorates, in sacred gathering, the birthday of George Washington, gives thanks for the Society’s many blessings, and remembers the Sons we have lost since the last service.

Sunday, February 25th, 2024, at 11:00 a.m.

The Church of the Incarnation
209 Madison Avenue (at East 35th Street)

New York, New York 10016
(A livestream and recording will also be available at www.churchoftheincarnation.org.)

The George Washington Birthday Ball, hosted by Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York, is held each year to honor George Washington and to benefit Fraunces Tavern® Museum.

We are honored to award the 2024 Distinguished Patriot Award to Coast Guard Captain Zeita Merchant, Commander of Sector New York, the largest Coast Guard operational field command on the East Coast.

For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit our Fraunces Tavern® Museum website.

On Monday, January 22, 2024, SRNY commemorates the birthday of Frederick Samuel Tallmadge, whose generosity enabled the Society to acquire Fraunces Tavern in 1904. More about Tallmadge and Tallmadge Day can be found on our website.

Our speaker will be Eric Schnitzer, co-author of a recent book, Campaign to Saratoga - 1777. This book was created jointly by master historical painter Don Troiani and Eric Schnitzer, who is an historian. Mr. Schnitzer also serves as an interpretive ranger at the Saratoga National Historical Park.

6:30pm reception
7:00pm program
8:00pm optional dinner (at Fraunces Tavern®)

Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Educational Center

Fraunces Tavern Museum, 3rd floor

TICKETS

On sale now through Wednesday January 17, 2024

Reception Only: $35

Dinner and Reception: $135

Virtual Lecture Only: Free

For those who wish to purchase tickets through the mail, you may make a check payable to “Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York, Inc.” and mail to:

Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York, Inc.
54 Pearl Street, Second Floor
New York, NY 10004-4300

All members are encouraged to attend Board Meetings.

All members are encouraged to attend Board Meetings.

Complimentary refreshments will be served. Guests are welcome.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT, pursuant to Section XVI of the By-Laws, the Annual Meeting of this Society will be held both in person and virtually for the purpose of electing officers and managers and for the transacting of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. At the meeting, Officers and Committee Chairs will report on activities from the past year, as well as plans for the upcoming year.

All SRNY Members and guests with an interest in the workings of the Society are welcome and encouraged to attend either in-person or virtually.

More information coming soon.

Evacuation Day marked the final British evacuation from New York City in 1783, after seven years of occupation. The evening culminated in a festive dinner given by Governor George Clinton, honoring George Washington and his officers at Samuel Fraunces‘ tavern.

Evacuation Day remained a New York City holiday into the 1910s, with celebrations rivaling those of the Fourth of July.

We look forward to celebrating as George Washington did that night, by raising our glasses for the very same thirteen toasts given at the first Evacuation Day Dinner at Fraunces Tavern on November 25, 1783.

Tickets are available for purchase at the link below.

All members are encouraged to attend Board Meetings.

All members are encouraged to attend Board Meetings.

Join Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York, Inc. to celebrate the signing of the United States Constitution on September 17, 1787, featuring special guest Justice Mark Dillon. Dillon is the author of The First Chief Justice: John Jay and the Struggle of a New Nation, published March 1, 2022, will speak on “John Jay and the United States Constitution.”

Co-Sponsors

Brooklyn Chapter, NSDAR

Fort Greene Chapter, NSDAR

Manhattan Chapter, NSDAR

Mary Washington Colonial Chapter, NSDAR

Peter Minuit Chapter, NSDAR

All members are encouraged to attend Board Meetings.