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How Taverns Fueled the American Revolution

Image of Adel Aali (program host) and his guest, Dr. Vaughn Scribner, superimposed on the Betsy Ross flag, along with the cover image of Dr. Scribner's book "Inn Civility: Urban Taverns and Early American Civil Society", which we discuss in this interview. Visit AARevolution.net for more images of the American Revolution and for interviews of scholars with Adel Aali.

Updated: May 30, 2026 Introduction In this interview: “What role did taverns, and let me just add on pubs, play in the American Revolution? … I would argue they were perhaps the most fundamental spaces in the coming of the revolution.” Watch this segment in the video below (00:28:58). Taverns and pubs were among the […]