We have threads on badge trends, arms and symbols, chapter houses and headquarters. This thread is a place for us to post pictures of important places in Greek history. I'm thinking of things like places of founding, monuments or memorials commemorating foundings, graves of founders or original chapter rooms or chapter houses. It could also be something like a rock (Sigma Nu?) or a stream that once had a wooden bridge over it (Kappa Kappa Gamma?) -- anything that should be included in our virtual tour book of Greek heritage.
I'll start us out where we should start, the birthplace of the first GLO, Phi Beta Kappa -- the Raleigh Tavern in Williamsburg, Virginia. Unfortunately, the original Raleigh Tavern burned in 1859. But with the reconstruction of Colonial Williamsburg, the Raleigh Tavern was reconstructed as well (in 1932). Here is the reconstructed Raleigh Tavern:
You can make out the bust of Sir Walter Raleigh over the doorway.
And here is the reconstructed Apollo Room, the room at the back of the tavern, in which Phi Beta Kappa was founded:
Over the mantle is written
Hilaritas sapientiae et bonae vitae proles -- jollity is the offspring of wisdom and good living.
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