On January 17, 1920, the nation began a period of prohibition that lasted longer than Boston's newspapers had anticipated.

One hundred and five years after its implementation, and 92 years after it was repealed, alcohol consumption remains a ...

Five years of Prohibition By Sen. Morris Sheppard Author of the 18th Amendment January 16th marked five years of national prohibition. In every national election since nation-wide prohibition went ...

The opponents of prohibition, to be sure ... The Constitution has not reached final shape with the eighteenth amendment. The same process by which the distilling and brewing and liquor selling ...

Decades before the 18th Amendment was ratified in 1919 ... leading to the Wartime Prohibition Act signed into law in 1918. Though it was supposed to be temporary, it was seen as a victory for ...

Editor’s note: National Prohibition Day was the anniversary of the Jan. 16, 1919, ratification of the 18th Amendment.

Decades before the 18th Amendment was ratified in 1919 ... leading to the Wartime Prohibition Act signed into law in 1918. Though it was supposed to be temporary, it was seen as a victory for ...

On Jan. 17, 1920, prohibition of alcohol began in the United States as the Volstead Act went into effect in support of the ...