October 12, 2005

Now That’s a Party

Filed under: Almanac - Ric @ 7:07 am

It’s right about now that Oktoberfest gets underway in Munich—it’s the biggest festival in the world. Nearly six million people attend. They drink more than ten million pints of beer. Oktoberfest has its origins in the big wedding party that happened on this day in 1810. Crown Prince Louis of Bavaria was marrying Princess Therese of Saxonia, and they held a big party out in front of the city gates.

From the Writer’s Almanac by Garrison Keillor
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