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Happy #NationalDaiquiriDay!

While it's still a bit too early in the day to celebrate (although it must be 5 o'clock somewhere), we're thrilled to share an array of related records:

Daiquiris in the Forest Service (?)

Daiquiris in the White House!

Daiquiris and the Spanish-American War!

By Miriam Kleiman, Public Affairs

"Cocktail Construction Chart," NARA ID 7035823

Daiquiris in the Forest Service (?) Forest Service Region 8 Engineer Cleve Ketcham had a great sense of humor, and in 1974, he drew this cocktail construction chart. Thankfully, someone deemed this great record "permanently valuable" and it's a staff favorite!

Daiquiris in the White House! First Lady Bess Truman often served daiquiris at many White House luncheons, served alongside delicacies such as "pickled pears" and "perfection salad ring"!

First Lady Bess Truman's "Ladies Luncheon," 4/10/1950. Truman Library, NARA ID 7584076.

First Lady Bess Truman's Luncheon of 10/16/1951, Truman Library, NARA ID 7584506.

Lunch with First Lady of Peru, 10/21/1952, NARA ID 7584076.

Daiquiris and the Spanish-American War! This tasty cocktail is named for the small Cuban village of Daiquiri, 14 miles east of Santiago. In 1898, Teddy Roosevelt, his Rough Riders and 6,000 other U.S. troops landed at Playa Daiquiri –Daiquiri Beach – kickstarting the Spanish-American War in hopes of helping Cuba win its independence from Spain. The cocktail was supposedly invented that year in a Santiago bar by a group of American mining engineers, using plentiful sugar, lime and Bacardi rum!

U.S. Troops Landing at Daiquiri, Cuba, 1898. NARA ID 530999. Teddy Roosevelt later said: "we did the landing as we had everything else--that is, in a scramble."

Burned locomotives at Daiquiri. Cuba, circa 1898, during the Spanish-American War. NARA ID 531130.

See related:

“I Am Entitled to the Medal of Honor and I Want It”: Theodore Roosevelt and His Quest for Glory, Prologue Magazine.

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