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The story of Edgar Allan Poe in The Pale Blue Eye incorporates aspects from the writer's real life and the Louis Bayard book includes even more

Also known as the Grog Mutiny, the Eggnog Riot saw famous West Point cadets go nog-wild over whiskey restrictions. Read more at HowStuffWorks.

Dec 17, 2020 Christmas is a time of peace, love, and goodwill toward men; a quiet contemplative day spent at home with family and cherished friends, opening gifts, sharing meals, and getting cozy by the warmth of the fire. It wasn't always like that. In fact, for centuries, Christmastime meant 12 straight nights of often raucous, drunken parties where entire villages would come together to celebrate. That tradition made its way to early America, and even military cadets got in on the action; getting so wild and raucous that they forever altered American history. This is the forgotten hist...

Dec 17, 2020 Christmas is a time of peace, love, and goodwill toward men; a quiet contemplative day spent at home with family and cherished friends, opening gifts, sharing meals, and getting cozy by the warmth of the fire. It wasn't always like that. In fact, for centuries, Christmastime meant 12 straight nights of often raucous, drunken parties where entire villages would come together to celebrate. That tradition made its way to early America, and even military cadets got in on the action; getting so wild and raucous that they forever altered American history. This is the forgotten hist...