Brittingham's Pub - Lunch and lecture

Saturday, July 19th 12:30 PM

Saturday, July 19th, we will lunch at Brittingham's Pub at 12:30pm.  (640 Germantown Pike, Lafayette Hill, PA).   Established in 1743, this building has been in continuous use as a tavern, inn, dance hall, pub and restaurant for more than 272 years.  

It’s been on the right side of history again and again. Many a tankard was raised to the Continental cause here during the Revolution, when it was called The Trooper. Washington and Lafayette are rumored to have stopped here, and Lafayette’s troops billeted here after the Battle of Barren Hill in 1777. (By then, it had already been serving ale and a warm welcome to travelers and neighbors for more than 35 years.)

Known as “The Farmers and Drovers Hotel” during the 1800s, the Inn offered extensive sheds to weather livestock as it was herded down the Ridge and Germantown roads. At this time, it also became a stop on the Underground Railroad, with a tunnel (now sealed off, but still existing) stretching to the General Lafayette Hotel and then on to St. Peter’s cemetery.

A delicious buffet lunch will be served in this historic building. 

Registration is $50pp

After lunch we will walk over to St. Peter’s Church, (3025 Church Rd., Lafayette Hill, PA) at 2:00pm.  There we will celebrate the 200th anniversary of the third visit of Lafayette to the Philadelphia and this very special place where Continental soldiers and Oneida warriors are buried.