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  • Walkabout AUSLady Sue StaffordBec StaffordUSA RV Trip 2022
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    • Day 30
    • Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 5:35 PM
    • ☀️ 29 °C
    • Altitude: 15 m
    • United StatesLafitte's Blacksmith Shop29°57’39” N  90°3’49” W

    Americas Oldest Bar

    May 26, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    Found the oldest bar in America, licensed and serving rum since the 1700’s.
    Jean Lafitte -- privateer, entrepreneur, sailor, diplomat, spy, hero of the Battle Of New Orleans. Lafitte led a colorful and mysterious life in the New World. It is unclear where and when Lafitte was born, but his presence in New Orleans and Bartaria dates about 1770. He was the man to see for whatever one wanted. In 1814, as the British lay at the mouth of the river, Lafitte rushed powder, flint, and troops to General Jackson at Chalmette. Rather than a poorly supplied, out-manned force, the British stepped into a screaming hell of pirates, woodsmen, Indians and free people of color, under cover of a dense fog and an even more dense anti-British attitude. The British were routed. His good deed done, the "hero" headed to sea and more familiar deeds.
    Check out the link below.

    http://www.lafittesblacksmithshop.com/Homepage.…
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    Bernie de Git

    TravelerInteresting!!!

    5/26/22Reply
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