Monday, December 15, 2014

Pilgrim's Ran Out of Beer in December 1620

The caption you don't see in history books.
 After a long and cold voyage across the North Atlantic they land at first on Cape Cod(where Provincetown is located now) before it became a famous tourist town and real estate prices went through the roof. They were not only low on patience(probably pissed at crew cause they landed way north of where suppose to be) they were also low on beer. It was also too late to get their money back. This may sound trivial today but it was an essential part of living in 1620. In those days water was often contaminated would make you sick which could be fatal. They were a couple of centuries ahead of common sanitary awareness. Everyone, even children drank it. After looking around they found a rock engraved with 1620(at least it is today) and thought this was a good place to be, along with the fresh water located nearby and former Wompanoag village. The rest is history.

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