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Whiskey war
Whiskey war
The article “the whiskey war that left Brooklyn in ruins” took out a brief history that were fought in NYC during 1860’s.first i was surprised to know that Brooklyn was one of the popular place for alcohol production.During that time vinegar Hill was named Irish town due to Irish immigration and small number of whiskey distillers. it was interesting to know how liquor was legal but tax were triple todays rate and some of these distiller continued to operate without paying taxes. excise taxes was a way of raising money by the federal government even then and still now.
Reflection of Brooklyn
since i am from queens i didn’t know much about brooklyn. after reading this article i got to know there are so many historical place in brooklyn. one of the most unknown place was to me vinegar hills. Even though i went to this neighborhood few times while i was visiting Dumbo, i still had no idea about the name of the place. i also found out in these article Dumbo was an acronym for “Down under the Manhattan bridge overpass”.its  amazing how a neighborhood in this city can have such history behind it.
