Robert Strohecker, a confection salesman from Pennsylvania, is dubbed 'Father of the Chocolate Easter Bunny' for popularizing German tradition in United States.
who died at the largest battle in American history. Lincoln's challenge that followed to preserve a nation"of the people, by the people, for the people" was especially powerful in an immigrant community that had fled oppression in Europe."The tradition of chocolate Easter bunnies dates back to 19th-century America, which borrowed it … from Germany." – Smithsonian Magazine
Strohecker graduated from Warrensburg Normal High School in Missouri, where he lived for some time in his youth, before moving back to Pennsylvania apparently while still a teenager. A replica of a Luden's Cough Drops tin currently owned by Frederick Edenharter, of Shillington, the grandson of the founder of Luden's Inc. William H. Luden.
"An apothecary in the 18th century would prescribe you sugar candy for things like chest ailments or digestion problems," said Kawash. to take, usually a concoction of herbs that might not taste very good, the apothecary would suspend it in sugar." "And then the new industrial machines of the late 19th and early 20th centuries made it possible to produce candy in a whole new way."
"World War II played a role in the evolution of the chocolate Easter bunny," Harbor Sweets reports on its website. R.H. Palmer made international news for unfortunate reasons just last month: An explosion killed seven employees, leaving the beloved local company and the community in shock. "The strength and support of our employees has been inspiring, and we are committed to continuing to giving back to the communities that have given us so much."Robert L. Strohecker died of a heart attack at his home at 737 North Fourth St. in Reading on March 31, 1932. He was 68 years old. Robert L. Strohecker, born in Pennsylvania, in 1864, is credited with popularizing chocolate Easter bunnies in America while working for W.H. Luden Confectioner.
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