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Raise a glass to Prohibition
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What is Prohibition? On January 16th 1919, Prohibition was instituted with ratification of the 18th Amendment to the States Constitution. Its primary objection was to prohibit the “…manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States…” Congress enforced this law by passing the “Volstead […]
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