Georgia Society NSDAR | Georgia Room of the DAR Museum

The Georgia Room NSDAR Museum Washington, DC Peter Tondee's Tavern The Georgia Room is modeled after the "Long Room" of Peter Tondee's tavern in Savannah, Georgia. The furnishing plan is based on Tondee's estate, and objects for the room were carefully chosen to fulfill that plan.
	The Long Room Tondee's Tavern Tondee's Tavern was the preferred meeting place of the "Liberty Boys," a group holding up the common cause of freedom in Georgia. Much to the indignant outrage of Royal Governor Wright, a liberty pole was erected in front of the tavern in 1775. In 1776 those at the tavern celebrated with numerous readings of the new Declaration of Independence, signed by three men from Georgia: Lyman Hall, George Walton, and Button Gwinnett.
Peter Tondee 1723 - 1775 Tondee came to Savannah in the first year of the founding of the Georgia Colony, 1733. He co-founded the Union Society and, as proprietor of Tondee's Tavern in Savannah, was a member of the Liberty Boys and a delegate to the Georgia Provincial Congress of 1775. He died in October 1775.
	Painted Beaufet Tondee's Tavern The late-Mrs. Hugh Peterson, 1991 State Chairman, Georgia Room, acquired this beautiful painted beaufet. A beaufet was named in the Tondee's estate inventory, and it is thought to be the one from Tondee's Tavern. Mrs. Peterson located this beautiful piece in Savannah, Georgia, and donated it to The Georgia Room, DAR Museum.