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Marthe48

(20,232 posts) Mon Nov 4, 2024, 09:01 AM Nov 2024

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With most elections scheduled for Tuesdays, they must have enjoyed the weekends as much as we do!

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The Founding Fathers were hip (Original Post) Marthe48 Nov 2024 OP

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1. George Washington provided beer to all who voted for him in his first election.

Mon Nov 4, 2024, 09:45 AM

Nov 2024

WINCHESTER — Fact: George Washington won his first political election thanks in part to his aides giving a free tankard of beer to anyone who agreed to vote for him.

Also fact: The beer sucked. Scott Straub, a board member with the nonprofit French and Indian War Foundation in Winchester, jokingly described the taste in a way that cannot be shared in a family newspaper.

https://www.winchesterstar.com/nvdaily/george-washingtons-beer-reborn-for-nonprofits-anniversary/article_3d698fcf-d81e-5b13-92a1-424a536eb50e.html

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2. Locking.

Mon Nov 4, 2024, 01:37 PM

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