Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

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Cocktail of the Week: The Maybach 12

Cocktail of the Week: The Maybach 12

The drink was served on the ill-fated Hindenburg

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Jun 02, 2021
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The crash of the SS Hindenburg, a huge German airship, on May 6, 1937, was a devastating event that shocked the world. The disaster claimed the lives of thirteen passengers, twelve crewmen and one person on the ground. Incredibly, there were sixty-two survivors. WLS radio reporter Herbert Morrison’s eye-witness account, ending with the words, “Oh, the …

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