Post #471197 by freddiefreelance on Thu, Jul 23, 2009 10:42 AM

On 2009-07-20 15:19, Ojaitimo wrote:
I think most of you people are missing the bigger picture here. In my not so humble opinion, I believe the most important
merit badge should be the HOP badge. HOP standing for the History of Prohibition.
For thirteen years we suffered, (OK, I didn't personally) but our ancestors did.
Just like Paul Revere had a mug of rum before his famous ride and was cut off from rum during the war,, we should remember the recent dark years. 1920-1934
Raymound Beaucamp was a bootlegger and rum runner during prohibition. He later became Don Beach and built the first Don the Beachcomber in Hollywood at the repeal of prohibition. The birth of Hollywood Tiki.

My Great-Grandparents lost their Bar in Brooklyn to Prohibition, leaving my Gran'ma to support the entire family as a clerk for the Petit Brick Company, so my family definitely suffered during Prohibition.

Another Great-Gran'pa, my Pop-Pop, used to borrow his Dad's car and drive up to Canada, load the car with Whiskey and drive back to Queens as fast as he could. No one stopped him 'cause his Dad was the Sheriff of Queens and he'd come back with Lights & Siren's running, so my family definitely benefited from Prohibition.

In the part of NYC I grew up in, Staten Island, there was a "Dry" neighborhood where all of the streets were named after states that ratified the 18th amendment, even in the '70s if you ordered Beer or Liquor delivered to your house in that neighborhood the store would ask "Do you want that left at the back door?" so your neighbors wouldn't know you were buying booze.

When do I get my badge?