On Dec. 5, 1848, in an address to Congress, President James K. Polk sparked the Gold Rush of ’49 by confirming that gold had ...

A handful of companies, including Brown-Forman, received medicinal licenses to legally sell existing spirits during Prohibition. The repeal of Prohibition in 1933 did not immediately solve the ...

The 18th Amendment was the amendment frequently referred to as the “Prohibition Amendment.” It was ratified by the states on Jan. 16, 1919. The 21st Amendment, ratified in early 1933, repealed the ...

Prohibition ended on this day in 1933, meaning Americans could once again drink alcohol legally. Prohibition gave rise to ...

On this day in 1933, Prohibition ended in the U.S. The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified on Dec. 5.

In the professional paper "Temperance and Prohibition in America: A Historical Overview," Paul Aaron and David Musto ...

Congress passed the National Prohibition Act in January 1919, and a year later, Americans were barred from making, transporting, selling, exporting, and importing intoxicating liquors. Prohibition ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Did that title grab your attention? Great. Happy National Beer Day! When you open your fridge shortly after five o'clock this evening (or whenever ...

This old-school lager has joined the lineage of once-popular beers that are now nearly impossible to find outside of specific ...

Tying in to the upcoming Ken Burns documentary "Prohibition," which will air on KUAT, Arizona Public Media's Tom Kleespie produced the mini-documentary "The Dry Run: Prohibition in America." The ...