December 2, 2009
U.S. History classes recently held Harkness discussion in the Revolutionary-era Folsom Tavern
When Kent McConnell’s U.S. History classes met in the Revolutionary-era Folsom Tavern, located adjacent to campus, conversation was lively. Thomas Paine was a popular topic, as students held a Harkness discussion around an antique table. And so was George Washington. Nothing could have been more apropos, since Washington himself visited the tavern in 1789.
“To have a discussion in the same building that General George Washington had previously occupied was an interesting fusion between old ideas and new,” says Cornelia, an upper who feels that her visits to local historical sites have enriched her sense of the period. “Great things were uttered in the room before we got there, so it was our duty to try and uphold that
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