The Monroe Tavern

• The Bedroom
• The Percy Room
• The Tap Room
• The Washington Room

The Monroe Tavern, a historical landmark, has undergone many changes since it was built around 1695. Fifteen of the seventy-three Minute Men at the battle on the Lexington Green on the morning of April 19^th, 1776 were from the Monroe family. Three of them died that day at the beginning of the war. According to an account by William Monroe, the British stopped at his tavern where they dressed their wounded. They were waited on by a lame man named Raymond; Raymond was shot by the British when he tried to escape. The Percy Room is named after Earl Percy because he used the room as a hospital and headquarters on the April 19^th.

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