It was 80 years ago today that the Twenty-first Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, repealing the earlier Amendment that declared the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcohol illegal in the United States. Prohibition was over! Booze that had been illegal for thirteen years was suddenly legal again, and our long national nightmare was finally over. Take a look back at that time in
an article I wrote for mental_floss.
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