The “e” in Whiskey
In the early 1700s both Scotland and Ireland commonly spelled “whisky” without an “e”.[1]Micallef, Joseph V. “Is It Whisky Or…
a tear through yesteryear
In the early 1700s both Scotland and Ireland commonly spelled “whisky” without an “e”.[1]Micallef, Joseph V. “Is It Whisky Or…
The Irish have the first written record of Whiskey appearing in the Irish Annuals of Clonmacnoise in 1405; the Scotts have written documentation of Whisky making in an Exchequer Roll entry dating to 1494.
Many flags feature stars and bars. Can you name these flags?
The ride started in Pennsylvania, stopped at the Shanksville crash site (Flight 93 National Memorial) and proceeded to the 9/11 Pentagon Memorial. The next day the ride completed at the New York City World Trade Center site (now rebuilt and includes the September 11 Memorial and Museum). By happenstance the charity ride ended an hour before and a block away from the pro & anti-mosque protest.
Tar and feathering of tax collectors; slaves using guns to defend their owner/taxmen, burning of a tax man’s home, shootings (including a mob of 500 taking on ten federal soldiers protecting a tax man’s home).