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France Recalls Historical Tradition of Alcohol in School Lunches for Children
France is commemorating the anniversary of a parental revolt against the tradition of serving children half a liter of wine, beer, or cider daily with school lunches, a practice that continued until 1956. Doctors and parents once approved of alcohol as healthy nutrition and a defense against tuberculosis before Prime Minister Mendès France ended the tradition.
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