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Sit Down to Take a Stand exhibit in the Soda Fountain is to help educate visitors about an important part to American history, but also Waco history -- Civil Rights
Come for the Dr Pepper float, stay for the civil rights history.
Dr Pepper has been gaining ground on its competitors, even as the overall soda market goes flat.
In the pantheon of sodas, Dr Pepper is the odd one out: It doesn't have the popularity or sales of Coca-Cola or Pepsi, you can't use it in a standard cocktail, and it doesn't fall neatly into a category like cola or root beer.
"Over the past 20 years, carbonated soft drinks have been declining in volume," said Duane Stanford, editor of Beverage Digest. "One of the bright spots ... has been Dr Pepper."