Golden Plough Tavern and Gen. Horatio Gates, York, York County

In a couple of days I'll be having my book signing at the local Barnes & Noble! I have no words for how I'm feeling, but it's kind of a combination of excitement, bewilderment, and nausea. There are a lot of things I still need to do before Saturday, so I'm trying to focus on those in order to keep any nervousness at bay. Like this post.

So in the name of personal distraction, let's head down to beautiful York for this week's quest. This one's a double post, due to the fact that the buildings associated with the markers are connected and it was sort of impossible to separate them. Both markers are situated on West Market Street, directly in front of the two buildings.

The Fries Rebellion of 1799, Quakertown, Bucks County

During our visit to the Sun Inn two weeks ago, I talked briefly about the Fries Rebellion and how the inn served as a holding place for some of the arrested rebels until they were liberated. I also said that the incident has its own marker and I'd be covering it in a future blog post. Over this past weekend, my husband and I were in Philadelphia for his birthday, and on our way home we stopped in Quakertown to get the details.

All I knew, going in, was what I told you in the previous post about the Fries Rebellion and the fact that the sign was at the Historic Red Lion Inn on Main Street in Quakertown. I've driven through Quakertown a fair few times, usually on my way to its farmer's market. (The market has a pretty decent used video game store.) I knew the sign was at the inn, but I was puzzled because I'd never seen it - as it turns out, the inn is on Main Street, but the marker is around the corner, at the side of the building.

Edited 3/5/2024: This blog post is now available as a podcast episode! Learn even more facts about the Fries Rebellion by listening to or downloading the episode today at Audio.com, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts.

The Sun Inn, Bethlehem, Northampton County

Today's blog post is about a building which can truthfully claim that "George Washington slept here." It's a slightly haphazard article, because it encompasses two visits and some technical difficulties. Like most of the other landmarks in the vicinity, the Sun Inn was part of the Moravian settlement of Bethlehem; its history, however, is very unique.