Forgive me if today I take a little departure from American History. Let’s talk taverns, Jewish Taverns, and the quintessential Jewish Tavern would have been in 18th Century Poland. It was Sunday, and from church after morning Mass,They came to Yankel’s to drink and relaxIn everyone’s cup grey vodka swished‘Round with a bottle the barmaid …
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Come Join the Colonial Brewer in Marshallton
I will be setting up the Colonial Brewery at Martins Tavern in Marshallton as part of the Humphrey Marshall Day celebration (https://www.martinstavern.org/) on October 8th. Samples will be available and you can have a real 18th Century tavern experience with news, toasting, period food, period beer, and tavern games (albeit outside in the ruins of …
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Historical Tidbits
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. October 7, 1780 – BATTLE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN: Patriot militia defeated the Loyalist militia commanded by British Major Patrick Ferguson of the 71st Foot. Coming after a series of …
Coming to Loggerheads — The Colonial Flip
Cold weather calls for a hot drink. If you were traveling through Colonial New England, chances are the drink of choice is Rum Flip, which is quite a treat to see prepared with vigorous mixing and a final heating using a long metal rod known as a loggerhead or in the south a mulling iron. …
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Change of Plans
Change is good, right? Well we are mixing up the schedule of events this fall a bit and it promises to be interesting. Instead of running another hands on brewing class on Black Powder Friday at Fort Mifflin, we are planning a sister program on colonial cocktail making. In fact, I am even started on …
Thomas Jefferson was Obsessed with Getting a Moose Shipped to Europe
On May 17, 1785, Jefferson became the United States’ second-ever minister to France, succeeding the equally-famous Benjamin Franklin. As his nation’s top diplomat in Paris, he met many of France’s top leaders and thinkers, including Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, a well-regarded naturalist. Buffon, like many European elites at the time, believed that Europe was …
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Brewing Up History with Regimental Brewmeister
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2022 10 AM – 6 PMHerkimer House200 NY-169Little Falls, NY 13365 Perhaps you are an accomplished homebrewer and you want to appreciate the challenges faced by brewers in the 18th Century who brewed good beer without all the instrumentation and modern equipment we rely on, perhaps you are a history buff and …
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Come Join the Colonial Brewer in Marshallton
I will be setting up the Colonial Brewery at Martins Tavern in Marshallton as part of the Humphrey Marshall Day celebration (https://www.martinstavern.org/) on October 8th. Samples will be available and you can have a real 18th Century tavern experience with news, toasting, period food, period beer, and tavern games (albeit outside in the ruins of …
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Washington’s Visit to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island
Newport, R.I. 18 August 1790 Gentlemen,While I receive, with much satisfaction, your Address replete with expressions of affection and esteem; I rejoice in the opportunity of assuring you, that I shall always retain a grateful remembrance of the cordial welcome I experienced in my visit to Newport, from all classes of Citizens. The reflection on the days of difficulty …
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Apples and Honey Mead
Shlomo Latis wrote “The Collection of Hoshaanot, Songs and Prayers, Annulments of Vows, Tashlichs and Other Things” in Italy around 1790. The name describes the book well; a collection of various prayers and descriptions of Jewish ceremonies that were compiled into one manuscript. A careful look at the one existent copy, however, reveals to interesting …
Michael Carver -- Historical Interpreter/Reenactor 