Hercules

I Cannot Tell A Lie - Hercules Is More Important Than An Apocryphal Cherry Tree

thusspakezuska | February 23, 2010

How did you celebrate George Washington's birthday this year? You didn't do anything? Well, it's not too late. Pour yourself a nice hot cup of coffee or tea, and sit down to read a pair of fascinating articles published this past Sunday and Monday in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Hercules: Master of cuisine, slave of Washington A birthday shock from Washington's chef If you don't already know - and why would you, this stuff isn't in our history books - Hercules was a great chef, and one of nine slaves Washington kept at the first White House in Philadelphia. The history of slavery in the…

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