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Cummings Tavern

1203 MD-276, Port Deposit, MD 21904, USA

Maryland, USA

MUSEUM

TICKETED:

YES

​PARKING:

YES

RESTROOMS:

YES

TAVERN

EST. 1781

EST. 1781

September 19, 1781

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Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste de Vimeur

HISTORIC PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE

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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Cummings Tavern.

Count de Rochambeau’s heavy artillery and baggage train camped here September 9, 1781 before fording the Susquehanna at Bald Friar and proceeding to join the main army on the Philadelphia Road.

About Cummings Tavern

Cummings Tavern served travelers along the Philadelphia–Chesapeake corridor. It provided meals, lodging, horses, news, and meeting space to troops, couriers, and civilians. Its wartime importance was logistical rather than a battlefield.

HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Cummings Tavern

Cummings Tavern served travelers along the Philadelphia–Chesapeake corridor. It provided meals, lodging, horses, news, and meeting space to troops, couriers, and civilians.

Its wartime importance was logistical rather than a battlefield.

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