Duels have a deep history in American History. Alexander Hamilton was the most celebrated casualty of the dueling ethic, having lost his life in an 1804 feud with Aaron Burr on the fields of Weehawken, New Jersey, but there were many more who paid the ultimate price— congressmen, newspaper editors, a signer of the Declaration …
Monthly Archives: November 2023
Support your Regimental Brewmeister — Buy a Book
I have a new shipment of books and while you can order Beers and Beer Stories by the Regimental Brewmeister and The Fort Mifflin Bartenders’ Guide Book: A View into Colonial Era Spirits and Cocktails from Amazon, why not come to an event and take a copy home with you. These books are my research …
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That Insignificant Dutch Colony of New Amsterdam becomes New York City
Wall Street was not always just the New York Stock Exchange, in the 1600’s, it got its name because it WAS THE CITY WALL protecting the Dutch West India Company’s colony of New Amsterdam. In the 1600s, the English and the Dutch were major commercial rivals (Dutch West India Company vs English East India Company). …
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Michael Carver -- Historical Interpreter/Reenactor 