Welcome to our series sharing Food Holidays: August 6th, 2022. Did you know today is National Root Beer Float Day? I don’t know about you but I wouldn’t mind having a Ice Cream Float to celebrate today. But I would prefer Coke instead of Root Beer. How about you? National Root Beer Float Day Here are five facts about Root Beer: Root Beer is made out of 16 Roots, and Herbs. Colonist were actually the first people to make Root Beer. The A and W in A&W stands for Alan and Wright. Hires Root beer was introduces by Charles Hires in 1876 Philadelphia’s Centennial Exposition. The most original ingredient was Sassafras.…