The Volstead Act, which enforced prohibition into law, came into effect in 1920. Congress overrode President Woodrow Wilson’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 18th Amendment was the amendment frequently referred to as the “Prohibition Amendment.” It was ratified by the states on Jan.

Tuesday marks 90 years since the end of Prohibition, the 13-year federal ban on alcohol now largely viewed as a failed experiment that glamorized illegal drinking. The Prohibition Era lasted from Jan.

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 ...

A quick glance through New York Magazine recently informed me that Dec. 5 marked the 75th anniversary of the end of Prohibition. The article highlights the historical drink menu at a much-celebrated ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Coast Guardsmen stand in front of two truckloads of liquor seized on April 14, 1931, after a battle between three policemen and ...

The Anti-Saloon League held its annual convention at Washington, celebrated the fourth anniversary of the 18th Amendment and its own 30th jubilee. The more prominent speakers, with brief excerpts from ...

When the 18th Amendment outlawed alcohol in 1920, it set the stage for an underground empire unlike anything America had seen before. Prohibition-era gangsters stepped into the void, building fortunes ...

Motivated by the Anglo-Saxon urge of law-enforcement, two bodies made contrary recommendations on the same day. Both aimed to allay the almost universally acknowledged super-Nation in the enforcement ...