Today in History - 1770

The first shipment of rhubarb was sent to the United States from London. Benjamin Franklin sent the plant to John Bartram, an early American botanist and horticulturalist, who some said was the "greatest natural botanist in the world."

As Garrison would sing ...

One little thing can revive a guy,
and that is a piece of rhubarb pie
Serve it up, nice and hot
Maybe things aren't as bad as you thought.
Momma's little baby loves rhubarb rhubarb,
Be-Bop-A-Re-Bop Rhubarb Pie