The oldest bar in every state

Moreover, Alaska passed its own alcohol prohibition laws before the nation-wide prohibition.

1668 — Old ’76 House — Tappan, New York

1673 — White Horse Tavern — Newport, Rhode Island

1681 — King George II Inn — Bristol, Pennsylvania

1742 — Black Horse Tavern & Pub — Mendham, New Jersey

1747 — Reynolds Tavern and 1747 Pub — Annapolis, Maryland

1753 — The Pirate’s House — Savannah, Georgia

1776 — The Griswold Inn — Essex, Connecticut

1779 — Old Talbott Tavern — Bardstown, Kentucky

1779 — The Tavern — Abingdon, Virginia

1780 — Warren Tavern — Charlestown, Massachusetts

1789 — The Inn at Hancock — Hancock, New Hampshire

1790 — Ye Olde Tavern — Manchester, Vermont

1806 — Old Absinthe House — New Orleans, Louisiana

1827 — Ye Olde Trail Tavern — Yellow Springs, Ohio

1831 — New Hudson Inn — New Hudson, Michigan

1835 — Knickerbocker Saloon — Lafayette, Indiana

1842 — O’Malley’s — Weston, Missouri

1847 — The Village Tavern — Long Grove, Illinois

1850 — Landmark 1850 — Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1852 — Golden Gate Saloon — Grass Valley, California

1852 — Breitbach’s Country Dining — Balltown, Iowa

1853 — The Genoa Bar and Saloon — Genoa, Nevada

1857 — Hays House Restaurant and Tavern — Council Grove, Kansas

1859 — The Buffalo Rose — Golden, Colorado

1860s — Buckhorn Saloon and Opera House — Las Vegas, New Mexico

1862 — Miners and Stockmen’s Steakhouse — Hartville, Wyoming

1863 — Bale of Hay Saloon — Virginia City, Montana

1864 — Kelly’s Logan House — Wilmington, Delaware

1866 — Scholz Garten — Austin, Texas

1876 — Glur’s Tavern — Columbus, Nebraska

1877 — The Palace Restaurant and Saloon — Prescott, Arizona

1877 — Buffalo Bodega — Deadwood, South Dakota

1879 — Shooting Star Saloon — Huntsville, Utah

1883 — Pioneer Saloon — Paisley, Oregon

1887 — Neumann’s — North St. Paul, Minnesota

1887 — Bluebird Inn — Bickleton, Washington

1891 — Imperial Bar — Juneau, Alaska

1896 — Eischen’s Bar — Okarche, Oklahoma

1896 — Springwater Supper Club & Lounge — Nashville, Tennessee

1899 — North End Tavern and Brewery — Parkersburg, West Virginia

1903 — The Palace Saloon — Fernandina Beach, Florida

1905 — The Ohio Club — Hot Springs, Arkansas

1906 — Ford’s Bar — Idaho Falls, Idaho

1932 — Antlers Bar — Blowing Rock, North Carolina

1933 — Henry’s on the Market — Charleston, South Carolina

1935 — Town Hall Bar — West Fargo, North Dakota

1936 — Forest Gardens — Portland, Maine

1946 — Callaghan’s Irish Social Club — Mobile, Alabama

1948 — Blue Front Cafe — Bentonia, Mississippi

1957 — La Mariana Sailing Club — Honolulu, Hawaii

Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/oldest-bar-every-state

Most people don't remember André, but are more familiar with his co-conspirator. That was Benedict Arnold, who, among other treasonous acts, had arranged with André to turn over the fort at West Point to the British.

The story goes that George Washington was in the building now known as the Old '76 House when he was informed of Arnold's traitorous plans. Upon learning this, he walked to the wall where a picture of Arnold hung and turned it upside down. It remains there, still upside down, to this day.

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Also pervasive is this idea that Irish were also enslaved in the Americas when they were not. Indentured servitude yes but enslavement, no. [1]

[0] https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/victorian-literature...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_slaves_myth