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re: On This Day in History 1775: Paul Revere and William Dawes warn of British attack
Posted on 4/18/18 at 1:38 pm to L.A.
Posted on 4/18/18 at 1:38 pm to L.A.
A few years ago, I watched a Mike Rowe show called "How Booze Built America," in which he explains a theory that Paul Revere may have gotten drunk while warning from tavern to tavern.
Mike Rowe's "How Booze Built America"
Mike Rowe's "How Booze Built America"
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Posted on 4/18/18 at 2:18 pm to Dignan
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Or that Johnny Appleseed was actually creating farms to sell hard apple cider?
The apples in the US at that time were unfit for eating. They were extremely sour. Their only use was for cider. The apples you buy in the store today weren't developed till much later.
Posted on 4/18/18 at 2:40 pm to Dignan
quote:Perfectly understandable under the circumstances.
in which he explains a theory that Paul Revere may have gotten drunk while warning from tavern to tavern.
Posted on 4/18/18 at 2:48 pm to Dignan
The per capita amount of alcohol consumed in the 18th and 19th century is astonishing. We're talking multiple gallons for every man, woman and child.
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