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 ...

On Jan. 1, 1934, the Pottsville Republican ran an intriguing headline – “Wets Greeted With Wet New Year.” Sounds like it was ...

This weekend marks the 100th anniversary of the implementation of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Better known as Prohibition, the amendment banned the production, importation, ...

Banning alcohol at the urging of temperance movement had varied results, mostly bad By David Crary | Associated Press NEW YORK — In this era of bottomless mimosas, craft beers and ever-present happy ...

The end of prohibition is reported on the front page of William Randolph Hearst's New York Daily Mirror on Dec. 6, 1933. On this date 90 years ago, the 21st Amendment was ratified, ending 14 and a ...

NEW YORK — In this era of bottomless mimosas, craft beers and ever-present happy hours, it’s striking to recall that 100 years ago the United States imposed a nationwide ban on the production and sale ...

Exactly a century ago today, Americans ushered in Prohibition. A hundred years ago on Thursday, many Americans toasted their last legal toast at their favorite tavern, stocked up on their favorite ...

Speakeasies were born at the inception of Prohibition. It's been 100 years since Prohibition threatened the future of the country's happy hours and margarita taco nights. In 1919, the United States of ...

On the night of Jan. 16, 1920, as the clock clicked toward midnight, the citizens of New York City were celebrating as if it was New Year’s Eve all over again. But, alas, it was not. It was ...

NEW YORK (AP) — In this era of bottomless mimosas, craft beers and ever-present happy hours, it’s striking to recall that 100 years ago the United States imposed a nationwide ban on the production and ...