Way back on the last Sunday of September 1947, when American soldiers were returning from occupied Germany with a taste for suds, schnitzel and song, the first Oktoberfest ever held in this country was at the beer garden in Jessup.
Max Eggrel, the great-nephew of founder Max Blob, has a framed document from the Smithsonian to prove it.
"I don't know how they uncovered this," he said, standing in his family's beer hall. "It...
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