The 18th Amendment, which prohibited the production, distribution and sale of alcohol, easily ranks as the least popular amendment in U.S. history — and the only constitutional amendment ever to be ...

If you’re planning to raise a glass to the 85th anniversary of the end of Prohibition, set your clock now: it was at 5:32 p.m. ET on Dec. 5, 1933, that Utah became the 36th state to ratify the 21st ...

The Prohibition era, which for most Americans conjures images of “untouchable” lawmen, tommy-gun-toting gangsters, and jazz-filled speakeasies, is easily one of the most romanticized periods in U.S.

Once states voted, approval of what became the 18th Amendment came quickly, the Smithsonian's Peter Liebhold says. “I think some people were surprised how quickly that all came about.” Smithsonian ...

The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a progressive effort to enforce social reform via expanded federal power and popularly known as Prohibition, was ratified on this day in history, Jan. 16, ...

Women — liberal and conservative — were a driving force in the nationwide debate over drinking that led to Prohibition, America’s attempt a hundred years ago to ban the consumption of alcohol. The ...

Mississippi was the last state to repeal Prohibition in 1966, yet some cities and counties still enforce a ban or limits on alcohol sales. The state’s diverse and sometimes contradicting alcohol laws ...

In January 1920, the 18th Amendment went into effect, outlawing the sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States and ushering in an age of rebellion. Government agents make a show of destroying ...

During the height of National Prohibition, a number of prominent Biloxians pooled $100,000 to invest in a Cuban rum-running venture. Their intermediary headed to Miami by train, and while taking a nap ...

BC breweries from the repeal of Prohibition in BC (Nov 1, 1921) to the present day. Prohibition is indicated by a black bar. If a brewery's origins predate Prohibition, this is indicated by exending ...