CCHS Annual Meeting & Program:
The Legacy of Michael C. Dorn; A Carbonated History

Sunday July 29 at 2pm Community Center at 245 Pine St. (Bobbin Mill Apts.) -- right across Pine St. from the old Soda Plant where the original Venetian Ginger Ale was made!

Join us for the 2018 Annual Meeting and program by Justin Bunnell. Justin is the current owner and re-established Venetian Beverages in 2017 exactly 100 years after the original. He is the great-great-grandson of Micahel C. Dorn a German immigrant that moved to Vermont in search of a better life. Micahel C. Dorn established an eatery in the old Strong building labeled Dorn's Cafe where he first started experimenting with carbonated beverages. Later they moved to Pine street into where the Soda Plant currently sits today. Allegedly, during prohibition, soda trucks where traveling back and forth from Canada. Whether the trucks were carrying back empty Venetian Ginger Ale bottles or other more potent liquids, only Michael C. Dorn himself will know.

Venetian Ginger Ale has a deep and exciting Vermont history and Justin as a direct descendant has been able to uncover parts of the fragmented Burlington History. Please visit www.VenetianGingerAle.com for more information. Free admission and light refreshments will be available.

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