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Tailgate 2024: From the French Revolution to football, tailgating has history
People gather at a tailgate before a football game at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., in the fall of 1970. Modern tailgating emerged out of the Northeast, where wealthy Ivy Leaguers owned cars. ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO Tailgating didn’t get its name …