National Lemonade Day August 20th

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmljqxb5OddLetwHp5XQJXIudkl8HSEvNTRpDZBx73sH5VRhK5Qt_emNRpFNMbnbrdn4HPuE-lURDjQaZDEIT0ouNpdM4dk7Hz_1iIR9MGwG-myh5Ehz78RVvxu-6PWWYRRobWhsTxukO5/s1600/Lemonade.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506411660087405762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmljqxb5OddLetwHp5XQJXIudkl8HSEvNTRpDZBx73sH5VRhK5Qt_emNRpFNMbnbrdn4HPuE-lURDjQaZDEIT0ouNpdM4dk7Hz_1iIR9MGwG-myh5Ehz78RVvxu-6PWWYRRobWhsTxukO5/s400/Lemonade.jpg" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 257px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" /></a><br /><br /><br />Did you know that August 20th is National<span style="color:#ffccff;"> </span><span style="color:#666666;">Lemonade </span>Day?<br />How do I know this little known fact do you ask?<br />Well......<br />When I was in Catalina this summer with the Family I was reading a fun book about the history of Catalina and in the book it mentioned the Islanders celebrating National <span style="color:#666666;">Lemonade</span> day. I had never heard about this before.<br />So I did some research and this is what I found.<br />Lemonade was invented in Paris in the mid 1600's.<br />Part of the celebration of <span style="color:#666666;">Lemonade</span> day in the early years on Catalina Island included<span style="color:#ffccff;"> </span><span style="color:#666666;">lemonade</span> Popsicles,<br />lemon tossing games, and lemon bar treats.<br />Of coarse lemonade stands were popular too.<br />The lemonade stand was first mentioned in the New York Times newspaper in 1879.<br />A shopkeeper put a table outside his store on a hot summer day and sold cups of lemonade for 5 cents.<br />By the 1880s children began selling lemonade at roadside stands.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2q827YDZs_A-xcA-2CNJTkJgmYvDxmhpKc-tTnkD7TH4VWGG4L-eRkn88Iv80id9rtbguS1NppyhQE5Kop9vqyXd0SMro4exGxAM4sRKwOO04xgcUq0dln8kIk5lYIp7Rlc7Mx97_fbd/s1600/39068_459007300545_553255545_6793925_8344685_n.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506408394604915010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2q827YDZs_A-xcA-2CNJTkJgmYvDxmhpKc-tTnkD7TH4VWGG4L-eRkn88Iv80id9rtbguS1NppyhQE5Kop9vqyXd0SMro4exGxAM4sRKwOO04xgcUq0dln8kIk5lYIp7Rlc7Mx97_fbd/s400/39068_459007300545_553255545_6793925_8344685_n.jpg" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 351px" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizv93mDeDO_-YvFYo21IUTJw6DLYA1BV_wL-UTkqUxdiZ3k4TgWzsg8oOfEAocjaWKcae-Vcl_eOSvscjc9t9DeciDw0pVluK53O8qUNu99Drm7xr6tzJGxVbrYPkrpEmTTwfx71O9c6ma/s1600/untitled+lemonade.bmp"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506407715932264354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizv93mDeDO_-YvFYo21IUTJw6DLYA1BV_wL-UTkqUxdiZ3k4TgWzsg8oOfEAocjaWKcae-Vcl_eOSvscjc9t9DeciDw0pVluK53O8qUNu99Drm7xr6tzJGxVbrYPkrpEmTTwfx71O9c6ma/s400/untitled+lemonade.bmp" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" /></a>Here is my family on our boat getting ready to have some of my fresh squeezed lemonade. I love to serve lemonade at parties. It is so refreshing. So go get your lemons, sugar and water and get ready for the fun.<br />Cheers and Happy Lemonade Day.<br />Let's celebrate<br />xxoo<br />Blessings<br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Pam</span>

National Lemonade Day August 20th

Did you know that August 20th is National Lemonade Day? How do I know this little known fact do you ask? Well...... When I was in Catalina ...

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