[Cletus.D.Yokel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oqAU5VxFWs&list=PLxR10FZLbnRGmlzR38P3M8J7VAfd8QyTN

It was back in New Amsterdam...

[wrench]

They obviously did not know about sin taxes back then.

Don’t ban any activity that delivers a steady revenue to the state.

[Hyman Roth]

How come the Country is The Netherlands but goes by Holland and the people are called Dutch? Those crazy Dutch. But who cares. They gave us Van Halen.

[Mercat]

Teddy Roosevelt’s sixth great grandmother owned the first tavern in New Amsterdam. The story is that she would go down to the docks and moon the ships as they came in leading to speculation that she sold something other than alcohol. I know that obscure fact because she was the half sister of my direct ancestor.

[Fester Chugabrew]

This is the equivalent of pulling out old photo albums of you playing with birthday cake in your high chair.

Something about this analogy seems awkward.

[DariusBane]

The location of NYC is an obvious choice. I thought forr just a second that it was a map of early Constantinople. I am sure the Dutch saw that as well. A natural fortress with water ways for commerce.

[thefactor]

New Amsterdam ping.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Friends don’t let friends take the reins drunk...

[Patriot365]

Good whiskey is always wasted on an Indian.

[NYer]

History, ping!

[GreyFriar]

Thank you. H’mmm, no mention of tap dancing in the tap rooms.

[Billthedrill]

Ah, yes -

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam,
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way...

[Pharmboy]

Thanks for the post, NYer and the ping, thefactor.

Dirck Storm's map, 1662

The RevWar/Colonial History/General Washington ping list

[morphing libertarian]

Bkmrk

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Wow! I manage a Garden Center and each fall we sell a Hyacinth bulb named after this guy, Peter Stuyvesant.

Thanks for the History Lesson. :)

[<1/1,000,000th%]

For those who are interested in New Amsterdam’s history read, “The Island at the Center of the World” by Russell Shorto.

[AnalogReigns]

Huh... 1648 was the year my great X 11 grandfather arrived in New Netherlands, to settle up north in what would become Albany. He was an indentured servant. I’m sure he went through New Amsterdam on the way.