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Join the Williams-Boltwood Project for a journey into Colonial tavern life. Step inside one of Goshen's earliest taverns and discover why the "publick house" was the heart of every New England town. More than just a place to eat and drink, taverns served as inns, post offices, meeting halls, courthouses, and centers of news, commerce, and community life. Learn who stayed there, what people ate, drank, sang, and played, and how modern paint forensics revealed that John Williams operated two taverns in his home. Then experience history for yourself by tasting Johnny Cakes, trying colonial games, making a quill pen, testing a straw mattress, listening to period tavern music, and exploring one of Goshen's most remarkable historic buildings.