While many Americans are in the midst of "dry January," Jan. 17 once marked the start of a dry 13 years-- for all Americans -- a century ago. The 18th Amendment went into effect on Jan. 17, 1920, and ...
“We cheerfully accept the will of the majority. . . .”—John Raskob. Michigan’s chief prohibiter, the Rev. R. N. Holsaple, wrote Mr. Raskob a letter. Did Mr. Raskob mean that he & friends would now ...
Monday marks 100 years since the House and Senate overrode a presidential veto of the Volstead Act, thus making law enforcement of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution. Prohibition banned the ...
On January 16, 1919, Congress announced that in one year's time, the United States would go dry. According to the 18th Amendment, ratified on that day, the manufacture, sale or transportation of ...
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Today, more than 200 businesses in Allen County rely on alcohol sales for at least a part of their income. That could not be the case 100 years ago, as Prohibition started ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeanette Hurt covers the culture of spirits, wine and beer. Exactly a century ago today, Americans ushered in Prohibition. A ...
Join Jimmy and Lisa as they delve into the fascinating era of Prohibition in the United States from 1920 to 1933. Learn about the nationwide constitutional law that prohibited alcohol production, ...
During Prohibition, enforcing the nation’s liquor ban was a game of cat and mouse. Smugglers, speakeasies, and bootleggers found creative ways to dodge the law, while federal agents scrambled to keep ...
DETROIT – The Prohibition Era in Detroit was a wild time, to say the least. Although the start of national Prohibition was on Jan. 17, 1920, in Michigan, the ban of alcohol was old news. Bootlegging ...
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