Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

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Drink of the Week: Aviators Eggnog

Drink of the Week: Aviators Eggnog

World War I aviators lapped it up in the spring of 1918

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Elliott White Springs following a crash

One of the top American flying aces of World War I was a South Carolina cotton mill owner’s son named Elliott White Springs. His biographer, Burke Davis, described him as “one of the most fearless of combat pilots—and the most accomplished bartender in uniform.” Born in Lancaster, South Carlina in 1896, Springs was…

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