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Did you know? Jack Daniel learned to make whiskey from a Black enslaved distiller, Nathan "Nearest" Green. Pictured is Jack next to his son, George. Seven consecutive generations of the Green family have worked for the distillery!
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“Wouldn't you like to have your foot on the rail and bow the foam off some suds?”
– New York Governor Al Smith, Prohibition opponent and first Catholic presidential nominee of a major party, born on this day in 1873
#APMSav #Savannah #Prohibition #VisitSavannah
Plenty of whiskey may be consumed (or smuggled) around here, but this bottle of 1914 Mount Vernon Whiskey is going to stay SEALED. You might want to come tour the Museum to check on it this weekend though.
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Would you like to experience the Prohibition story through the eyes of an expert guide and an included cocktail authentic to the Era? BOY, do we have good news for you! Hop aboard our Guided Tour! https://t.co/BiNKrstcSw
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These fellas are doing their best to get the bars open, but it will surely have to wait until tomorrow!
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“I intend to live forever, or die trying.”
-- Groucho Marx, comedy legend of the Prohibition Era and beyond, died on this day in 1977
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Looks like the Reverend Billy Sunday has got his way today. No booze on Sundays!
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Looks like the Reverend Billy Sunday has got his way today. No booze on Sundays!
https://t.co/4Wh8YSoIfs
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“For every prohibition you create, you also create an underground.”
-- Jello Biafra, frontman of the Dead Kennedys and spoken word artist. #apmsav #savannah #prohibition #punk #punkmusic
JANUARY 17th, 1920: The Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution goes into effect, beginning a nearly 14-year dry spell for American alcohol sales known today as NATIONAL PROHIBITION #apmsav #savannah #prohibition #onthisday
Looking for something to do tomorrow before you chow down? Our hours are the same as every day tomorrow, with entry into the Museum from 10AM to 4:15PM. Make us part of your holiday! #apmsav #savannah #prohibition #thanksgiving
“As long as there is profit in whiskey it will be made and sold, and where this is prohibited, the bootlegger takes the place of the saloonkeeper and the drinker becomes also the sneak and hypocrite.”
-- Eugene V. Debs, born on this day in 1855 #apmsav #prohibition #birthdayboy
Starting today, the American Prohibition Museum offers GUIDED tours of our galleries. Visit https://t.co/gfkxaT5cKE to book your tour! #apmsav #savannah #prohibition #visitsavannah
“In short, I am getting nothing that I can drink, and I believe I shall be sick from this cause alone.”
-- John Adams, born on this day in 1735, complaining to Abigail about the poor-quality alcohol away from home. #apmsav #savannah #prohibition #presidents
“I knew [the Volstead Act] was as fragile as tissue paper.”
-- George Remus, the “King of the Bootleggers” #apmsav #savannah #prohibition #prohibitionquotes
Today is Felt Hat Day! Put away those straw hats, folks! You don’t want some kid to snatch it away, do you? If we sound a little nuts, our first episode of Know Your Onions! should clear it up: https://t.co/2Wk4UUkEwA #apmsav #FeltHatDay #kyo
"It is useless, gentlemen. I think we ought to have prayer."
-- President William McKinley, after realizing that he would not recover from the assassin’s bullet fired into him a week earlier. He died on this day in 1901. #apmsav #savannah #prohibition #temperance #presidents
“I would not wish to imply that most industrial accidents are due to intemperance. But, certainly, temperance has never failed to reduce their number.”
-- William Lyon Mackenzie King, 10th Prime Minister of Canada #apmsav #prohibition #temperance #canada #worldtemperance
“A prohibitionist is the sort of man one couldn’t care to drink with, even if he drank.”
-- H.L. Mencken, satirist and vocal opponent of Prohibition #apmsav #savannah #prohibition #prohibitionquotes
We’ve got plenty of room on our Cocktail Classes by @CongressStUp this week. Don’t let the boozy education stop when the Museum closes at 5PM! https://t.co/bwalLpErCb #apmsav #savannah #prohibition #visitsavannah
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