Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mississippi was the last state to repeal Prohibition in 1966, yet some cities and counties still enforce a ban or limits on ...
A century ago, Carry A. Nation became famous worldwide for demolishing illegal saloons with rocks, bricks and hatchets. She was the face of the female fight for Prohibition, which drained the nation ...
NEW YORK — In this era of bottomless mimosas, craft beers and ever-present happy hours, it’s striking to recall that 100 years ago the United States imposed a nationwide ban on the production and sale ...
Tuesday marks 90 years since the end of Prohibition, the 13-year federal ban on alcohol now largely viewed as a failed experiment that glamorized illegal drinking. The Prohibition Era lasted from Jan.
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 ...
On Jan. 17, 1920, one hundred years ago, America officially went dry. The last time I was in The Cave I began wondering, given how prevalent Prohibition-era speakeasies appear to have been, what ...
NEW YORK — In this era of bottomless mimosas, craft beers and ever-present happy hours, it’s striking to recall that 100 years ago the United States imposed a nationwide ban on the production and sale ...