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AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE MUSEUM & LUNCH INCLUDED

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historic house museum. The Ladd-Gilman House, a registered National Historic Landmark built in 1721 by Nathaniel Ladd, and the Folsom Tavern, built in 1775 by Colonel Samuel Folsom. The museum opened in 1991 after a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence known as a Dunlap Broadside was found in the Ladd-Gilman house, 200 years after its arrival in Exeter. It is the centerpiece of the museum’s collection. Boxed lunch included in the Folsom Tavern.

*PLEASE NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF THE HISTORIC NATURE OF THE BUILDINGS, THEY ARE NOT HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE AND THAT THERE ARE STAIRS TO CLIMB INTO THE TAVERN AND TO LUNCH ON THE SECOND FLOOR.*


* Adjustments and discounts will be applied during checkout if applicable. *

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