Going down to the bar for a pint is a tradition almost as old as beer itself, but what Americans have done over the years in bars, pubs, and taverns is something that may have more to say about the history of this country than, at first, you might think. Join us for a presentation by Kirsten E. Wood, associate professor of history at Florida International University, and an expert in the social and political histories of the early United States. As Americans surged westward in the early nineteenth century, entrepreneurial, improvement-minded men went to taverns to raise capital, promote ... Read more