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Rising Sun Tavern

Tavern

A tavern associated with Charles Washington, George's youngest brother, operating in Fredericksburg during the Revolutionary period. Taverns of this type served as informal clearinghouses for Patriot organizing, news sharing, and military recruiting. George Weedon's tavern operations formed part of the same social infrastructure.

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