When reenacting or acting as a historical interpreter, its good to have a few historical dates and stories to share. This series will publish a few. September 20, 1777 – PAOLI MASSACRE: Major General Charles Grey launched a surprise attack on General Anthony Wayne’s camp, near the General Paoli Tavern. To ensure that the Americans …
Monthly Archives: September 2024
I Need a Couple of Helpers for the Tavern Night at the Morgan Log House
September 21, 20244:00 pm – 8:30pm (please come at 3:00)Morgan Log House 850 Weikel Rd Lansdale, PA 19446 Public houses and taverns played an integral role in the commercial life of the American Colonies. They weren’t simply places to drink. They were a place to meet like-minded individuals, meeting places at which to conduct business, …
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A Tavern Night at the Morgan Log House
September 21, 20244:00 pmMorgan Log House 850 Weikel Rd Lansdale, PA 19446 For details and tickets visit: https://myphillytickets.com/e/morgan-log-house-tavern-night Public houses and taverns played an integral role in the commercial life of the American Colonies. They weren’t simply places to drink. They were a place to meet like-minded individuals, meeting places at which to conduct business, …
Why is it called “giving a toast?” — Where’s the bread?
Toasting is an ancient tradition which connotes celebration and good times. Today toasting remains an important practice in many cultures around the world. But why do we call it a toast? How exactly does the word “toast,” as in dry bread, figure into festive drinking? Well, it turns out dunking literal pieces of toast into …
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Making Whiskey
Whiskey’s origin lies somewhere between 1,000 and 1,200 AD when traveling monks migrating across Europe, introduced the distillation practice into Scotland and Ireland. Because of the lack of vineyards in these countries, the monasteries turned to fermenting grain mashes and then distilling them into whiskey. For the next 400 years, whiskey spread throughout the Celtic countries. …
There has always been a loophole for the elite.
Okay, I have been on a 21st Amendment stream today and this is clearly NOT an 18thg Century topic but it is germane to the Regimental Brewmeister because after the MAGA folks have outlawed abortion and reading, their next targets will be marijuana and alcohol. So, toughen up your self-publishing, weed growing, and brewing skills …
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Why did I learn to make beer, wine, and distilled spirits?
People come up to me constantly with this question: “How did you learn to brew?” The short answer – at home – is trivial. The question I want answer is “why did I learn to brew/distill/make wine?” Even though I was born decades after its repeal, I learned to brew as a direct result of …
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I Need a Couple of Helpers for the Tavern Night at the Morgan Log House
September 21, 20244:00 pm – 8:30pm (please come at 3:00)Morgan Log House 850 Weikel Rd Lansdale, PA 19446 Public houses and taverns played an integral role in the commercial life of the American Colonies. They weren’t simply places to drink. They were a place to meet like-minded individuals, meeting places at which to conduct business, …
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A Tavern Night at the Morgan Log House
September 21, 20244:00 pmMorgan Log House 850 Weikel Rd Lansdale, PA 19446 For details and tickets visit: https://myphillytickets.com/e/morgan-log-house-tavern-night Public houses and taverns played an integral role in the commercial life of the American Colonies. They weren’t simply places to drink. They were a place to meet like-minded individuals, meeting places at which to conduct business, …
On September 18, 1793, George Washington lays the cornerstone for the new US Capitol
The United States originally had no permanent capital city under the Articles of Confederation. Even when the US Constitution was ratified, it included no mention of a national capitol. Congress met in eight different cities including New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore before 1791. In 1790, Congress passed the Residence Act, establishing the permanent seat of …
Michael Carver -- Historical Interpreter/Reenactor 