The Pickle Civil War!
It's odd to hear people speak passionately about pickles, as if they're a lifestyle. But that's how people talk about Guss Pickles, the self-proclaimed 'largest pickle…
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Revolutionary HistoryWhat’s your favorite Nathan Hale death spot?
February 20, 2008
Nathan Hale was a 21 year old Connecticut native who volunteered for George Washington's Continental Army and stayed behind in New York after the Army's retreat in September 1776 in order to gain intelligence from the British. Hale was unfortunately caught -- in Flushing…
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