Show From where Isit I sit by y Joe Marsh Vow DON I ON i ever er argue with Grandma about American history anle n von roil know what youre you're talk talkIng Ing about Because when Grandma a fact it really la is I a fact F The other day w we got to talking bout ut George Washington who Ides being a great general wa was waa a public surveyor a successful harmer Carmer anda and a wise statesman And he made mighty good ODd beer too says ays Grandma That WU waa news new to most moat of or Ull us You Vou can ean see his hia private recipe for beer boor right in the New York Public Library Grandma Ho loos Nina tells ua us In his own handwriting hand hand- handwriting handwriting writing at that And then ahe she opened up on how bow Washington and those other other-i who founded America believed In beer sad and nd moderation Told ua us about Wil Wil- Wil William liam Dam Penn who had hi his hia own brewery brew brew- brewry ery ert ry down In Pennsylvania and Is- Is Israel rael rael nel Putnam Samuel Adams Adam of ett and James Jam 01 Oale torpe of Georgia M i- h Beer Deer Grandma goes pel roes on ou ba has wn up with the country because's because a s 's a symbol of good fellowship aWl v vJ J fit W y bade Laek In 1780 1769 aft ft told to d us J r P am lames Madison stood tood tood up In n th tit the House blouse of Representatives an I Imade Imade made the motion urging the manufacture of beer in every State of the Union And that same year Massachusetts passed an act stat scat statIng Ing that the wholesome qualities of malt liquors greatly d them to general use ule u e From there until on-until on until early In 1918 the brewing industry kept growing and beer beu andale and ale kept get getling getting ting ling better and better IM tt it Then n came prohibition vice I II teen dark years that bred ni III I crime Grandma says it taught us something thou though h something that George Washington andall and all those other early American states slates statesmen men knew all along tha that t no law ever takes the place of self sell restraint and moderation That Thata why they were friends friend of beer and made moderation a cor corner cornerstone ner tone of American freedom The They were right about a lot of Washington things and Adams Adama and Penn And from where I sit lilt the they certainly c were right about moderation too mp j-mp ha r r I rI No Wo Sl 81 of 0 ofa Q a Copyright IMS IpU Blowing Industry F Foundation |