by Kate Dolan | Jan 17, 2020 | Latest Posts, Living History, Roaring Twenties
Today is, at least according to one post on social media, National Bootlegger’s Day. This makes sense because January 17 was the day Prohibition took effect, and this year marks the 100th anniversary of that day. While smuggling of alcohol to avoid taxes had long been...
by Kate Dolan | Jan 16, 2013 | Latest Posts, Living History
The Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on this day in 1919, marking the end of one era and the beginning of another. Outlawing the “manufacture, sale and transportation of intoxicating liquors,” the amendment represented a victory for...
