On July 4, America turns 250: A New Jersey family has built business older than the country and is still run by the same family
America turns 250 today. Laird & Co., a family-run distillery in Colts Neck, New Jersey, had already been in business for 78 years when the founding fathers put their names on the Declaration of Independence—and 328 years on, it’s still making apple brandy the same way it did in 1698, still owned by Lairds.Founder William…
