Post Tagged with: "Prohibition"

Profile America: Prohibition

Profile America: Prohibition

Tuesday, January 29th. There have been 27 ratified amendments to the U.S. Constitution over the past 225-plus years, but that total comes with an asterisk. Uniquely, the 21st Amendment repeals the 18th, which began its short career this month in1919. […]

by · January 29, 2019 · Bulletin Board, Profile America
Profile America: Prohibition

Profile America: Prohibition

Monday, January 29th. There have been 27 ratified amendments to the U.S. Constitution over the past 225-plus years, but that total comes with an asterisk. Uniquely, the 21st Amendment repeals the 18th, which began its short career this month in […]

by · January 29, 2018 · History, Profile America
Profile America: States of Intoxication

Profile America: States of Intoxication

Tuesday, January 2nd. When Prohibition ended in 1933, the sale of alcoholic beverages resumed in America, but was subject to a patchwork of differing regulations. Local options mean that some counties remain dry. Some states regulate the alcoholic content of […]

by · January 2, 2018 · History, Profile America
National Beer Day

National Beer Day

Friday, April 7 — The years of Prohibition, from 1920 to 1933, were considered a noble experiment that failed, as the subsequent crime associated with bootlegging caused problems worse than the lone problem of drunkenness. The crumbling of the unpopular Volstead […]

by · April 9, 2017 · History, Profile America
Profile America: States of Intoxication 

Profile America: States of Intoxication 

The first Alcohol Beverage Control liquor stores opened in Pennsylvania on this date in 1934

by · January 2, 2017 · Profile America
Profile America: Canned Beer Appreciation Day

Profile America: Canned Beer Appreciation Day

CANNED BEER An innovation in product packaging — and a staple of TV advertising — had is its 81st anniversary last Sunday: Beer Can Appreciation Day. The first canned beer went on sale on January 24, 1935 as a marketing […]

by · January 26, 2016 · History, Profile America
Profile America: Prohibition Remembered

Profile America: Prohibition Remembered

Uniquely, the 21st Amendment repeals the 18th, which launched the Prohibition Era this day in 1919.

by · January 16, 2016 · Profile America
States of Intoxication

States of Intoxication

STATES OF INTOXICATION When Prohibition ended in 1933, the sale of alcoholic beverages resumed in the U.S. but was subject to a patchwork of differing regulations. Local options mean that some counties remain dry. Some states regulate the alcoholic content […]

by · January 5, 2016 · Features, Health & Nutrition