Seventy-five years ago today, beer (limited to 3.2%), became legal. Wine, spirits, and "real" beer were some months away, but it was the beginning of the end of prohibition.
Of course, remnants of the temperance movement are still with us, in the 3.2 beer states out west, Sunday alcohol restrictions, state-owned liquor stores, and dry counties sprinkled throughout the south. But the amendment that gave us the "Speak Easy" and made criminals out of millions of Americans while making real criminals very rich was repealed effective 75 years ago today.
Salud!
1 comment:
Hard to believe our dad was 16 yrs old at the beginning of the end of prohibition!
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