Brewery Visits Ground Politicians On Campaign Trail
Betty Ford, wife of President Gerald Ford, holds a beer mug she received while attending an Oktoberfest Sunday, Sept. 26, 1976 in Milwaukee at Old Heidelberg Park in Suburban Glendale. Mrs. Ford made the visit to the Milwaukee area as part of her husband’s campaign for election. AP PhotoPresidential candidate John Anderson drinks a beer after making a campaign stop at a Milwaukee brewery Oct. 15, 1980. Anderson addresses a group of brewery of workers during their lunch break in the employee’s cafeteria. AP PhotoPresident Ronald Reagan drinks from a mug of beer while waiting to speak at a campaign rally in Milwaukee on Sept. 26, 1984. Reagan addressed a crowd of about 10,000 at Old Heidelberg Park is suburban Glendale to complete a day of campaign visits. Barry Thumma/AP PhotoDemocratic presidential hopeful Michael Dukakis takes a drink from a glass of beer during a campaign stop on April 2, 1988 at Milwaukee’s Italian Community Center. Elisa Amendola/AP PhotoDemocratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., has a beer and watches the Green Bay Packers vs. the Indianapolis Colts football game on television during an unscheduled stop inside the Main Street Pub and Grill in Mount Horeb on Sept. 26, 2004. Gerald Herbert/AP PhotoRepublican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, joined by wife Karen, second from right, daughter Sarah Maria and John, drink beer at a restaurant while campaigning in West Bend on April 1, 2012. Jae C. Hong/AP PhotoDemocratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton hoists a beer during a tour of at Pearl Street Brewery in La Crosse on March 29, 2016. Patrick Semansky/AP Photo