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Mint Juleps with Teddy Roosevelt: The Complete History of Presidential Drinking
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| 10/19/2014
| Mark Will-Weber
Posted on 10/19/2014 3:57:28 PM PDT by skeptoid
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To: Slings and Arrows
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10/19/2014 6:13:29 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill)
To: SkyDancer
One of my favorite pieces of American history:
“The bar tab of a 1787 farewell party for George Washington is still intact. ‘According to the bill...the Founding Fathers drank 54 bottles of Madeira, 60 bottles of claret, 8 of whiskey, 22 of porter, 8 of hard cider, 12 of beer, and 7 bowls of alcoholic punch’. The party had 55 attendees.”
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10/19/2014 6:42:42 PM PDT
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Politicalkiddo
(Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.- John Adams)
To: Politicalkiddo
Wonder how long the party lasted ...
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10/19/2014 6:53:16 PM PDT
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SkyDancer
(I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am)
To: SkyDancer
Back in colonial days, that was not considered heavy drinking for 55 men. A typical day for a person of that era would start out with a tankard or two of hard cider. John Adams would drink one before he went out for his morning walk. Water was not considered healthy in those days so people (even children) would drink, depending on one's station in life, ale, cider or wine throughout the day on a regular basis.
They would all laugh at our puritanical attitudes concerning alcohol today.
To: SamAdams76
If I remember rightly, the Founders had about 3x the per capita alcohol consumption of today, higher than any modern country.
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