Yesterday I came across the website for a new exhibit at the National Archives, "Spirited Republic: Alcohol in American History." This exhibit seems to focus on American culture during Prohibition (speak-easys and home brew) but I was glad to see they included a section on medicinal alcohol as well. I remembered the research I did… Continue reading Spirited Republic
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Drinking patterns in America
I've been doing some research on medicinal alcohol for a new exhibit and came across the data for this graph- I was surprised to see the huge fluctuation in the amount of beer consumed by Americans (yellow line), and also the sharp decrease in total alcohol consumed (red line) in the 1830s. What was… Continue reading Drinking patterns in America
