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LEMONADE

Lemonade Fun Facts: Lemonade is a lemon-flavored drink. In different parts of the world, the name has different meanings. In North America, lemonade is usually made from lemon juice, water, and sugar and is often home-made.

• August 20th is National Lemonade Day.
• Lemonade can trace its origins to the Egyptians when in 500 AD lemon juice was mixed with sugar to make a beverage known as qatarmizat.
• The first lemonade “soft drink” debuted in Paris on August 20th, 1630. The drink was made from sparkling water and lemon juice sweetened with honey.
• Frozen lemonade made its debut in 1840 in Naples, Italy.
• The earliest documented lemonade stands were introduced by a young entrepreneur named Edward Bok who formed them in Brooklyn street cars from 1873 to 1876.
• Lemonade stands were first referenced in news media by the New York Times in 1879.
• 4-year-old Alex Scott started the nonprofit Alex’s Lemonade Stand in 2000 after learning she had cancer and she sought to find a cure. She lived only 4 more years and in that short time raised more than $1 million for cancer research. That organization today has since raised more than $25 million nationwide for children’s cancer research.
• The “ade” in lemonade means that the product is not 100 percent juice.
• Grape juice is added plain lemonade to make commercial pink lemonade