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Apples to Applejack, on Apple Street:
the Story of Laird's Applejack
April 2, 2017
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Ninth generation family member Lisa
Laird Dunn is Vice President and World Ambassador
of
Laird & Company. Located in Monmouth County and dating
to 1780, Laird holds U.S. Distillery License #1 that was
issued immediately Lisa discussed the history of the Laird family, America’s oldest family of distillers, along with the history of Laird’s Applejack, America’s oldest native distilled spirit, and how Laird’s history reflects American history. |
after Prohibition’s repeal. Lisa's grandfather John Evans
Laird and uncle John Evans Laird, Jr. both graduated from
Cornell.
 The event was held at Mumford's Culinary Center, on, er, Apple Street in Tinton Falls |
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 Pre-talk conversation: left, CCMO President Polly Chu '81 and the speaker |
 Introducing the speaker |
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 The speaker flanked by, at left, event organizer Annie O'Rourke '86 and, at right, CCMO President Polly Chu '81
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