National Rum Day🥃

About National Rum Day

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Dates of National Rum Day
2027 USA Monday, August 16thNational Rum Day 2026 USA Sunday, August 16thNational Rum Day 2025 USA Saturday, August 16thNational Rum Day 2024 USA Friday, August 16thNational Rum Day 2023 USA Wednesday, August 16thNational Rum Day
Summary
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Rum is synonymous with the Caribbean, where the first modern rums were distilled on sugarcane plantations in the 17th Century.

The history of the spirit is intrinsically linked to slavery, as it was slaves working on the plantations who discovered that molasses, the dark treacle left over after sugar has been refined, could be fermented and then distilled into a spirit

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Morning run or morning rum thats 2 very different days. #TheRumFiles #Memes #RumMemes #CaptainJackSparrow

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