What’s been in every American battle since the Revolution? Why, the spirit of freedom, of course! And also coffee.

The first Americans (also known as “British treasonists”) met over coffee to plot their strategy. In 1814, while the White House burned, coffee kept Francis Scott Key awake and writing our National Anthem. In 1836, coffee kept Bowie and Crockett defending the Alamo until the very end. And let’s not forget just how much coffee went into stopping the Nazis!

Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines. It doesn’t matter your branch, your rank, your posting or your security clearance, coffee has worked with them all. When a crisis is forming, it’s there. When the crisis is over, it’s still there. It can become Irish, Mexican, Russian, Italian, Turkish, it works with smugglers and businessmen, drug lords and pastors, students, truck drivers and people who just want something warm to drink. It’s practically unstoppable at this point, and it’s only getting stronger.

Let’s just pray that it never forgets it’s on our side.

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