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street scene in Mayville, North Dakota

He Was Shot in the Head Over Booze in this Prohibition State. His Killers Walked Free.

by Ellen Notbohm4/17/20234/17/2023

A North Dakota community rose up in rage and sorrow as its newspaper condemned ‘the most atrocious crime’ in county history.

Group of Union officers drinking liquor in camp

Liquor Numbed the Pain, Took the Edge Off Homesickness… and Caused Havoc During the Civil War

by Megan L. Bever4/6/20234/6/2023

Cheers! Watch Editor Dana B. Shoaf Sample Civil War Liquors (Lucky Him)

by Civil War Times Magazine2/8/20232/8/2023

What Do You Do With a Drunken Sailor? The History of the Sea Shanty

by Sarah Sicard5/31/20226/1/2022

George Washington and a Gang of Revolutionary War Veterans Racked Up an Impressive Bar Tab to Celebrate America

by Claire Barrett4/9/20216/26/2023

A Doctor’s Note for Booze? Winston Churchill Prescribed ‘Indefinite’ Quantities of Alcohol During Prohibition

by Claire Barrett12/1/20203/31/2024

Lithograph of Mount Vernon 1861.

George Washington: Patriot, President, Planter and Purveyor of Distilled Spirits

by Philip Brandt George9/21/20202/15/2024