Episode 159: American Presidents, Wine, Booze, and Forgery
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The History of Alcohol in the White House
The tradition of a wine cellar and alcohol in the White House went all the way up until Hoover, who was anti-prohibition. When you look at alcohol from that period of prohibition on, it was pretty boring, honestly. There's not much that happened until you get to Kennedy. He had a bar at his state party for when he became president and served martinis in the White house.
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