Monday marks 100 years since the House and Senate overrode a presidential veto of the Volstead Act, thus making law enforcement of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution. Prohibition banned the ...

A century ago Monday, Prohibition got teeth. On Oct. 28, 1919, Congress passed the Volstead Act, ushering in an era of illegal consumption of alcohol in the United States. Congress and legislatures ...

Happy hour has become something of a workday rite for many adults who, after leaving their job, head over to their favorite bars and pubs to indulge in the drink specials. As common as happy hours and ...

"CBS This Morning Saturday" and Twin Cities Public Television's "Almanac" are soon to air segments on the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Volstead Act, which made Prohibition the law of the ...

February 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of the Capper-Volstead Act. This is one of the most important agricultural laws ever passed for farmers. Capper-Volstead gave agricultural producers the right ...

Back in January of 1919, the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. Authored by U.S. Sen. Morris Sheppard of Texarkana, the amendment banned the manufacture, sale or ...

February marks the 100th anniversary of the Capper-Volstead Act. This is one of the most important agricultural laws ever passed for farmers. Capper-Volstead gave agricultural producers the right to ...

If Andrew Volstead smiled much, it was hard to notice beneath his bushy mustache. Google his image and it's one scowl after another beneath piercing eyes. Even his oversized portrait made entirely of ...

GRANITE FALLS — For three to four years now, Mary Gillespie has been trying to make Granite Falls known for its role as the home of Andrew Volstead. She had not had the success she would have liked, ...