Virtual - Celebrating America's 250th: The Intoxicating History of the American Revolution

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Eighteenth-century Americans consumed a staggering amount of alcohol compared to us today. Drink influenced their politics, built and sustained their relationships, and drove the economy. Booze was not a small part of colonial society, nor covertly consumed in private spaces—it was integral to American life. When the colonists rebelled against the British Empire, this culture of drink and taverns helped foster revolution. Join historian Brooke Barbier, author of Cocked and and Boozy: An Intoxicated History of the American Revolution, for a lively talk about the influence of tavern and drinking culture on the American Revolution. You’ll hear about the way alcohol influenced colonial resistance, soldiers on both sides of the war, and the creation of a new nation. You'll see famous founders and lesser-known Patriots drink their way from British subjects into Americans.

RECORDING NOTE: This program will  Not be recorded. 

Thanks to Tewksbury Public Library for hosting Celebrating 250 Series. This program is sponsored by their Friends of the Tewksbury Public Library and is in collaboration partnership with a multitude of MA & NH libraries.  This Wednesday webinar—held from 7 pm (ET) to 8 pm (ET), —is free and open to all.