page_title: Gadsby's Tavern
section_title: Famous guests
hierarchical_section_title: Gadsby's Tavern / Tavern history / Famous guests
caption_attribution_description: Gadsby's Tavern and Museum sign
context_page_description: Gadsby's Tavern is a complex of historic buildings at the corner of N. Royal and Cameron Streets in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. The complex includes a c. 1785 tavern, the 1792 City Tavern and Hotel, and 1878 hotel addition. The taverns were a central part of the social, economic, political, and educational life of the city of Alexandria, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1963. Currently, the complex is home to Gadsby's Tavern Restaurant, American Legion Post 24, and Gadsby's Tavern Museum, a cultural history museum. The museum houses exhibits of early American life in Virginia, and the restaurant operates in the original 1792 City Tavern dining room, serving a mixture of period and modern foods.
context_section_description: George Washington frequently visited the taverns, and twice attended the annual Birthnight Ball held in his honor. Other prominent customers of the tavern included John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe. Thomas Jefferson was feted in 1801 with a banquet in the ballroom of the City Tavern. The Marquis de Lafayette  was also guest to festivities at the City Tavern during his tour of the United States in 1824.
caption: Gadsby's Tavern and Museum sign
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