Photo: Dr Pepper Park
10-24 is officially Dr Pepper Day in Roanoke!
Dr Pepper Park will be hosting a FREE event on Saturday, October 24 from 11am - 5pm, featuring free product, free limited edition t-shirts and other goodies, while supplies last!
This year's event is BIGGER than ever, with bands, vendors, food trucks, and kid's activities!
“Drink a Bite to Eat at 10, 2 and 4” was a legendary slogan used for decades to remind Dr Pepper fans to enjoy their favorite “pick me up” at three intervals during the day when research showed human energy to lag.
Here's a little more on the history of Dr Pepper:
The original Dr. Charles T. Pepper opened Dr. Pepper's Drug Store in Rural Retreat in the late 1800s.
A young man from Christiansburg named Wade Morrison worked at the drug store and eventually left Rural Retreat for Waco, Texas.
Morrison and his partner opened a drug store of their own and began selling a new drink Texans could not get enough of. They named the drink Dr Pepper after Morrison's old boss in Virginia.
In 1936, Bill Davis opened Virginia’s first Dr Pepper Bottling plant on McClanahan St. in Roanoke.
Roanokers consumed more Dr Pepper per capita than any other place on earth from 1957 to 1959 and again in 1961!
To this day, Roanoke has among highest per capita Dr Pepper consumption rates in the U.S.!
Dr Pepper Park is located at 9 Old Whitmore Ave in Downtown Roanoke.
For more information about the Dr Pepper Day Festival, including the VIP experience, please visit DrPepperPark.com!
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