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Post by lew on Feb 13, 2009 16:16:29 GMT -6
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Post by biggordie on Feb 13, 2009 17:36:38 GMT -6
Great stuff, bc.
Gordie
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Post by BrokenSword on Feb 14, 2009 9:08:03 GMT -6
Just to dot some i's and cross the t's.
During Prohibition's era, beer was completely illegal, nation wide, from 1920 until March 1933, at which time, President FDR signed an amendment to the original Volstead Act permitting the manufacture, transportation, etc., of beer containing no more than 3.2% (by volume) alcohol. The entire Amendment was repealed nine months later - Dec. 1933.
All during Prohibition, people were permitted to make (at home) up to 200 gallons, per year, of wine and/or cider - no beer - for personal use. Or, as Will Rogers put it, "The South is dry and will vote dry. That is, everybody sober enough to stagger to the polls."
M
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Post by Dark Cloud on Feb 14, 2009 9:54:31 GMT -6
Mentioned again is that the years leading up to Prohibition, starting right after the Civil War, provided a great deal of the atmosphere in which the story of Reno's - oddly, ONLY Reno's - drinking at the battle was digested by the public. There was a great deal of social pressure to find illustrative examples of the Dangers of Drink. Not uncommon for stories to be embellished or invented in support of Greater Truths for Society's Good.
3.2 beer was given a big push by Coors here in Colorado so they could sell to the military bases of 18 year olds. In 1935, the crack Colorado Legislature voted 3.2 beer 'not intoxicating' with even less skill and benign desire than Frist found Shiavo mentally sound. Ten years previous, the KKK ran the state, so we improved some.
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Post by Verx23 on Feb 17, 2009 12:56:04 GMT -6
Thank you all for your comments and help. I had completely missed the Prohibition aspect (re: beer truck striking him). And, not to be forgotten, y'all made me laugh pretty hard, too. Thank you again!
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Post by Diane Merkel on Jul 26, 2009 15:39:48 GMT -6
I've posted a new article on the main website about John Martin. The author, Leo Solimine, discovered that Martin's Italian surname was Martino rather than Martini. I invite you all to read it and let me know if you are convinced: www.littlebighorn.info/Articles/Martino.pdf
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Post by Verx23 on Jul 28, 2009 15:09:52 GMT -6
Thanks, Diane. I'm the author of this article and welcome your comments, thoughts, and opinions. I gathered a great deal of information from this site while preparing the article; it was very helpful, to say the least. E-mails can be sent to Leosolimine@Yahoo.com. Thanks very much to everyone, especially Diane.
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Post by newn on Aug 11, 2009 15:18:27 GMT -6
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Post by Reddirt on Sept 20, 2009 18:34:03 GMT -6
Newn, great job. Thank you!
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Post by newn on Jul 4, 2010 7:12:11 GMT -6
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Post by herosrest on Jul 30, 2023 11:52:48 GMT -6
While we all assume or know...John Martin was said to be the last to leave Custer Does anyone have a complete list of those that left the crows nest separation with Custer but did not go to battle with him? I can think of a few: Peter Thompson ......Watson Martini Danial Knipe Maybe.....Theo. Goldin I don't count the Scouts because they did not actually travel with Custer, they were scouting ahead. Or so we think. Who am I missing? Rosebud Most of companies D,H and K together with Company B and the packtrain escorts?
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Post by Yan Taylor on Jul 30, 2023 12:55:52 GMT -6
While we all assume or know...John Martin was said to be the last to leave Custer Does anyone have a complete list of those that left the crows nest separation with Custer but did not go to battle with him? I can think of a few: Peter Thompson ......Watson Martini Danial Knipe Maybe.....Theo. Goldin I don't count the Scouts because they did not actually travel with Custer, they were scouting ahead. Or so we think. Who am I missing? Rosebud Justin, if you are just counting the Custer Battalion then there could be as many as seven who dropped out apart from Watson and Thompson. Farrier J. Fitzgerald C Coy Trooper J. Brennan C Coy Trooper M. Farrar C Coy Saddler W. Shields E Coy Trooper W. Reese E Coy Trooper J. Sweeney F Coy Trooper G. Korn I Coy Ian
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Post by Kentishman on Jul 31, 2023 4:45:20 GMT -6
When did Private Morris Farrar, Company C, drop out?
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Post by noggy on Jul 31, 2023 6:04:45 GMT -6
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Post by noggy on Jul 31, 2023 9:43:31 GMT -6
Is it possible that Farrar never was with Custer? Isn't just about anything possible here? I'm no horse expert at all, but I imagine all kind of stuff could happen and make a soldier start dropping pace. It maybe have been a gradual thing with his horse's hoove (hoof...?) or a snake biting it's ass or whatever. I doubt we can pinpoint exact location for where people "lost" the main group. I thought there was a fairly precise list of troopers with the pack train? Well, there yo see how huge gaps I'm dealing with in my basics here Noggy
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