Monday, December 5, 2016

American Prohibition Repeal Day

American Prohibition
January 16, 1919 until December 5, 1933

 
    On December 5, 1933, the 21st Amendment was ratified, as announced in this proclamation from President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The 21st Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment of January 16, 1919, ending the increasingly unpopular nationwide prohibition of alcohol.

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