Comments on: Fort St. Louis and the Rum Battle https://rachelsruminations.com/fort-st-louis-and-the-rum-battle/ Taking the road less traveled Mon, 29 Nov 2021 19:45:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: Rachel Heller https://rachelsruminations.com/fort-st-louis-and-the-rum-battle/#comment-3558 Sun, 24 May 2015 05:51:42 +0000 https://rachelsruminations.com/?p=3697#comment-3558 In reply to Josie.

My thoughts exactly! The victors write the history, which is usually a bad thing, but I don’t care, in this case! Or maybe it’s a true story and the losers just choose to deny it.

]]> By: Josie https://rachelsruminations.com/fort-st-louis-and-the-rum-battle/#comment-3550 Sun, 24 May 2015 01:32:45 +0000 https://rachelsruminations.com/?p=3697#comment-3550 Hi Rachel,
Some things never change. Everybody’s version lifts themselves up with pumped-up goodness!
So is the Rum Battle true?
I don’t care. It’s a great story and it helps me remember history.
Thanks!
Josie

]]> By: Rachel Heller https://rachelsruminations.com/fort-st-louis-and-the-rum-battle/#comment-3397 Mon, 18 May 2015 21:43:03 +0000 https://rachelsruminations.com/?p=3697#comment-3397 In reply to Shobha.

*Channeling my students*: ‘But it’s true! I read it online!’ Lol!

]]> By: Shobha https://rachelsruminations.com/fort-st-louis-and-the-rum-battle/#comment-3395 Mon, 18 May 2015 19:36:12 +0000 https://rachelsruminations.com/?p=3697#comment-3395 Highly suspicious that the French version with the Dutch being too drunk to fight is on Wiki! LOL.

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