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An undated image on the wall of the Green Dragon Tavern depicts colonists meeting to plot their independence. (Andrea Shea/WBUR)
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How beer fueled the American Revolution

Colonists debated freedom and democracy over beers at taverns like Boston's Green Dragon. The tavern hosted secret meetings where Paul Revere and others organized rebellion — including the Boston Tea Party — while patriots promoted local beer as a boycott against British imports.

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