Thursday, January 30, 2014

FDR's Inaugural Luncheon 1945

Two thousand people attended FDR's 1945 inaugural luncheon, and consumed chicken salad made from 200 chickens, plus 170 dozen rolls, almost 100 gallons of coffee, and 165 cakes (which were unfrosted because sugar and butter were rationed).
- Writer's Almanac

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